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Henry Allingham has been buried today

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FabBakerGirlIsBack · 30/07/2009 13:34

RIP Henry.

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moondog · 30/07/2009 13:36

Yes indeed.

Meglet · 30/07/2009 13:37

.

But to a life lived to the full, and then some.

FabBakerGirlIsBack · 30/07/2009 13:37

I just feel so moved seeing the huge bouquet of flowers on his coffin and the amount of people who turned out to pay their respects. He seemed such a lovely man.

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BadgersArse · 30/07/2009 13:38

YEs rip etc.
BUT i do dislike the" AW HE was everyones best grandpa" line, its rather patronising to him.

FabBakerGirlIsBack · 30/07/2009 13:38

It is an utter disgrace that he wasn't Sir Henry.

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bratley · 30/07/2009 13:39

I just watched the piece on the news about him and smiled the whole way through it.
What a beautiful person he was.

RIP Mr Allingham.

moondog · 30/07/2009 13:46

Aye, a virile soldier fighting for his country reduced in status to a...grandad.

Great.

TheMoistWorldOfSeptimusQuench · 30/07/2009 15:42

I was outside the church, watching the service on the big screens.

It was lovely, a great service, and everyone there was reverent and respectful without it being terribly sombre.

When they played the last post, after his coffin had been taken out of the church, I had to shed a tear. I work with older people and met lots of war veterans. It was a real privilege to be there.

The fly past was amazing too. The little planes looked like they were made of balser wood and lolly sticks - it really bought a sense of the danger that those brave men went through, and their extreme vulnerability.

Hope that doesn't sound mawkish - it was just genuinely very, very moving.

FabBakerGirlIsBack · 30/07/2009 16:08

It must have felt a great honour to be there, TMWOSQ.

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TheMoistWorldOfSeptimusQuench · 30/07/2009 18:50

Yes. And lucky that it was just round the corner from work

Frasersmum123 · 30/07/2009 19:14

He is an absolute Hero and I definately agree he should have been made Sir Henry.

I read a piece in the paper about him on Sunday which said that he always shot enemies below the knee, so as to disable rather than kill.

HarleyQuinn · 30/07/2009 19:42

R.I.P Mr. Allingham.

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