Tpr Anthony Dykes RHG/D and Tpr Anthony Thornett RHG/D

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Tpr Anthony Dykes RHG/D aged 25 and Tpr Anthony Thornett RHG/D aged 20 killed on 05/04/1979 Were both Shot by snipers while standing outside Andersonstown Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) / British Army (BA)base, Belfast.

The Blues and Royals

O Lord Jesus Christ who by the Holy Apostle has called us to put on the armour of God and to take the sword of the spirit, give thy grace we pray thee, to the Blues and Royals that we may fight manfully under thy banner against all evil, and waiting on thee to renew our strength, may mount up with wings as eagles, in thy name, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

Another date that hangs over many each year.

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Just two of many young men who had their lives ended by faceless cowards

Lest We Forget

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We Will Remember Them

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rememberance

They live on in us. Never forgotten.

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Lest We Forget...

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We Will Remember Them

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Rest easy, lads. Stag off


Halfway down the trail to Hell,

In a shady meadow green

Are the Souls of all dead troopers camped,

Near a good old-time canteen.

And this eternal resting place

Is known as Fiddlers' Green.


Marching past, straight through to Hell

The Infantry are seen.

Accompanied by the Engineers,

Artillery and Marines,

For none but the shades of Cavalrymen

Dismount at Fiddlers' Green.


Though some go curving down the trail

To seek a warmer scene.

No trooper ever gets to Hell

Ere he's emptied his canteen.

And so rides back to drink again

With friends at Fiddlers' Green.

Anon.

RIP

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A bad time Keith, and I know this one hits home for you. I recall it too with sadness, my friend.

Rest easy, lads.

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WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

bobc........

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RIP.