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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2016 13:01:09 GMT
Do any of your people still come to Chile, WdB? If so, and they will be here 9th November? Perhaps this may be of interest. Feel free to share with anyone who you think may be interested - they don't need to be a Brit, or even Commonwealth. To anybody who may be in Chile on the 10th November, or know someone who will be, then please share. Some people here bring business contacts along, some companies bring staff or customers, and many people come as individuals. Its seen as quite a treat to attend a Garden Party at the Ambassador's house. It is not important who they are, why they come, or who they bring, just that they come and support the Legion and its work. We use the money raised to support people who have fought or served on behalf of the Commonwealth and some of them have expensive needs. To give you an idea of what we do at the last committee meeting we signed off an artificial limb, a new roof, medical bills, in-home nursing, disabled support, and two funerals. As well as monthly support for various people who qualify. As with all branches, all money raised in a country is spent in that country. In this case, Chile. It is spent on those that qualify under the Royal British Legion rules. As this is the internet I have removed the contact details for me and the other directors of the Legion; people can either contact me here or via no_fm2r@outlook.com Garden Party NC.docx (48.09 KB)   |
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Post by WDB on Oct 5, 2016 13:29:44 GMT
Interesting. Unlikely I'll know anyone going that way this year, but I'll keep my ears open.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2016 16:13:08 GMT
How much in our devalued £ is $18,000 Chilean?
Edited to add - it's good cause! How come there are such people now living in Chile?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2016 16:44:45 GMT
£21.25 It was £17.50 An excerpt from the above document... "For example, in the Second World War 434 Chilean men and 168 Chilean women served voluntarily; of those brave souls, 53 died while fighting or in service and 16 medals of bravery were awarded."
There has always been considerable involvement with the UK here. From years ago with the Navy ( www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/chile/navy-history.htm ) and mining and then through the years in various industries and areas ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Chilean ) . One of the main fire brigades here is the 14th ( www.14.cl/sitio/ ) Some were Brits who married and settled here taking citizenship, some with British ancestry and some simply because they felt strongly. Of course on top of that are the Brit & Commonwealth citizens who have migrated here since their service. We also look after dependents who may also not be British. Obviously the Standard Royal British Legion qualification criteria. |
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Post by WDB on Oct 5, 2016 17:17:14 GMT
Hey, I've still got 26,000 CHP in a drawer. I'm rich! Silver lining ahoy! Thanks, Nige.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2016 17:54:31 GMT
Thanks OK. It is good that volunteers continue to be supported. I have my poppy displayed every year.
Just been reading about the Fire Brigade whose link OK posted. It is clear that there are very strong links between the UK and Chile = presumably the reason for their help in the Falklands War and more recent situations. Am I right in thinking that emergency medical flights from the Falklands need to go to Chile and not Argentina or Uruguay?
I love the mix of British and Spanish sounding names. e.g. Felipe Dawes and presumably Bernardo O'Higgins had some mixed blood in him??
Returning to remembrance issues.....My wife's great uncle is buried in the Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery at Coriano near Rimini. The only Star of David amongst a sea of Crosses (unsurprisingly). We have visited twice and the experience is breathtaking. The design, peace and care in looking after the place is sublime. It is a great pity that that is all we can do for those buried there. Some would have left family, but Great Uncle Teddy was young and there are not too many left of his distant family other than my wife and our kids and none have visited other than us since he was buried.
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Post by iancapetown on Oct 6, 2016 5:04:33 GMT
Thanks OK. It is good that volunteers continue to be supported. I have my poppy displayed every year. Just been reading about the Fire Brigade whose link OK posted. It is clear that there are very strong links between the UK and Chile = presumably the reason for their help in the Falklands War and more recent situations. Am I right in thinking that emergency medical flights from the Falklands need to go to Chile and not Argentina or Uruguay? I love the mix of British and Spanish sounding names. e.g. Felipe Dawes and presumably Bernardo O'Higgins had some mixed blood in him?? Returning to remembrance issues.....My wife's great uncle is buried in the Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery at Coriano near Rimini. The only Star of David amongst a sea of Crosses (unsurprisingly). We have visited twice and the experience is breathtaking. The design, peace and care in looking after the place is sublime. It is a great pity that that is all we can do for those buried there. Some would have left family, but Great Uncle Teddy was young and there are not too many left of his distant family other than my wife and our kids and none have visited other than us since he was buried. Interesting. A few years back, HMS Dragon was in Falklands waters, and did a diversion to Coronel to lay wreaths etc on the anniversary of the battle, along with a few ships from the Chilean navy. Afterwards, they came to Cape Town - HMS Good Hope was one of the ships lost - and I was fortunate to go aboard, and spoke to a few of the officers about the event. My great grandfather: padstowmuseum.webplus.net/Williams%202.pdfback to poppies... I do a fair amount of work with the SA Legion, distributing tins and poppies to local venues, and producing posters and media releases etc. In the past few years, we've been quite successful with donations, as well as some educational visits to schools etc to explain the message. Each year the campaign is themed - 2014 was obviously the centenary of the start of WW1, 2015 75th Battle of Britain, this year is the Somme - SA took a damn good shoeing at Delville Wood. |
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