Vote Please
Hello Everybody, Obama is about to announce a Cold War Medal in the US and there is also an E-Petition in this country entitled "We should honour the service personnel who protected the UK during the Cold War" Now like the pensions pre-75 complaints and the ongoing E-Petition and also the ongoing NDM campaign please make a vote on the E-Petitions site. Just moaning on this website is not enough "Our Apathy To Not Bother To Vote On These E-Petitions Leads To The Governments Apathy To Award, So Far As They Are Concerned We Are Not Bohered So Why Should They Be" Please go on Google pick up the links and Vote. Cheers Pony Moore Ex-RN
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My service took me to many places tied into and consistant with the Cold War, from Northern Norway to the Med and Canada, with a few of shoots to more exotic locations as far south as the Falklands, however, the duties directly involving my Cold War Service were never ackowledged.
Medals come "if your face fits" I served in the RN 1955-1966. Involved in Cyprus and Cod wars. Told not entitled to the Naval GSM as I was in Cyprus under the age of 18 and in the RN even joining at 15 your actual "Time served" does not start until your 18th birthday (leastways it did then). 81...
A cold war medal would be a medal to recognize the services of all serving members during this time. I personally served on 213 Squadron Canberra B (i) 6's at RAF Bruggen. We used to carry the US nuclear tactical weapon and many of us spent a week at a time in the QRA compound.
Having served on 2 v bomber stations Akrotiri Cyprus and RAF COTTESMORE canbberas
i also would like all us Veterans of cold war era have some reconingtion
Having served on a V Bomber station in the UK as a RAFP QD looking after Victor B1 aircraft in 1958, then posted to Aden and East Africa for another two years ,I would consider myself and all my colleagues to be entitled to a Cold War medal to go alongside my Arabian Peninsula medal. Hairy moments...
I agree with this campaign, afterall there is a medal for National Service which lots did not want to do.
Also the veterans badge is a nice token to wear with pride, but it is not very well made and they keep breaking.
It would be nice to have some appreciation, we lost blokes on exercise, continually training , we didn’t know if some of the scary moments were real , and about to go to war at times, as a tanky our life expectancy was couple of days, if it happened we would have done our best.....
I travelled to Berlin in 1954 along the highway on a BSA single pot 500 keeping our convoy together. I was taken prisoner by the Russians for four hours because I deviated from the highway to help a stranded Jeep.
I was released after four hours by an understanding Russian officer. Not nice and...
Served with the Harrier Force in RAFG. The NATO annual evaluations were taken very seriously. As others said training resulted in some serious accidents. About time this cold war period was recognised.
