Sad Business

[Helm]

When a mans medals are sold under similar circs to Richies post
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20713582
Medals awarded to one of the original members of the SAS have sold for £78,000.
Bob Lilley, from Wolverhampton, served as a sergeant in the SAS when it was first formed in 1941 in North Africa.
He was awarded the Military Medal in 1942 for his bravery during a raid on enemy airfields in Libya. He rose to the rank of Regimental Sergeant Major and served in the SAS until 1958.

Steve

 

[taffjones]

Very sad indeed. Gone but not forgotten though.

 

[billyturnip]

It is sad but on the plus side whoever forked out £78,000 will surely appreciate them and their significance probably more than a lot of families who have medals in the back of drawers.

 

[taffjones]

Very true mate, but it still brings a tear to my eye when I see somebodies medals being sold.

 

[billyturnip]

I'm definitely with you on that but there's always two sides to a story.

 

[taffjones]

Oh yea dont get me wrong. I know sometimes people just need the money or they simply dont want them, but its still sad.

 

[Don]

Have to agree, I do hate to seethings like this sold out of the family.
Have my fathers includingone from the Queen in 1953, means a lot to me and possibly a lot to the people he saved. Took it with me to a big memorial as was able to show it, on my fathers behalf, and was amazed by the responce. No way in this world would I part with them.
However we dont really know the reasons for the sale.

Don

 

[taffjones]

Personally I'd rather suffer poverty than get rid of a relatives medals.

 

[Rich Sculpts]

Personally I'd rather suffer poverty than get rid of a relatives medals.

Done a lot poverty in my life - sell the buggers - let the kids eat.

My father served with the Royal Marines from 1940 to 1946 - the government bailed out on paying out the war bonds he payed whilst fighting and he refused to claim his war medals.

However he always observed remembrance day to the end of his life...

Medals are nothing more than ribbon and metal - honoring the sacrifice is however - paramount...

 

[taffjones]

Medls mean different things to different people.

 

[billyturnip]

I just hope my lot have the decency to wait for me to go cold before they put mine on ebay.

 

[Don]

Good point Rich, typical government trick no matter the year or party.
My fathers medals are mstly wartime,however the one that means the most was non military so means a whole lot to me.
One woman I spoke to at the memorial had lost her sister in the disaster and was delighted to see myfathers medal as to her it meant someone had been out looking for survivors.

Don

 

[Rich Sculpts]

Medls mean different things to different people.

Tell that to your current day comrades that are struggling from post traumatic stress, homelessness and poverty. All caused by governments that don't give a sh!t once they're usefulness has expired...

 

[taffjones]

Tell that to your current day comrades that are struggling from post traumatic stress, homelessness and poverty. All caused by governments that don't give a sh!t once they're usefulness has expired...

Try saying that to the ones that care and are not suffering and are proud of their work.

 

[Rich Sculpts]

I just hope my lot have the decency to wait for me to go cold before they put mine on ebay.

Have you checked the sock drawer lately?

Just found a listing located in Yorkshire...

 

[billyturnip]

Have you checked the sock drawer lately?

Just found a listing located in Yorkshire...

Better go and have a look.... I'm not even yet!!!!

 

[Rich Sculpts]

Try saying that to the ones that care and are not suffering and are proud of their work.

Your time may come?

Fate has a way of changing ones perspective.

Always remember - pride before a fall...

 

[taffjones]

I'm sure it does. but you seem to be tarring everyone with a medal with the same brush.

 

[Rich Sculpts]

Better go and have a look.... I'm not even yet!!!!

Have you keeping the payments the life policy up?

I think you've been rumbled!

 

[Rich Sculpts]

I'm sure it does. but you seem to be tarring everyone with a medal with the same brush.

No - only tarring those who give them out. The ones that receive them rarely ever talk about how they got them, rather - they live the rest of they're lives beyond that traumatic experience and concentrate on the here and now.

For many the only connection to that lump of metal is the loss of close friends and comrades...