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This year Remembrance Sunday is on 13th November 2022.
Please buy and wear a poppy to commemorate the service and sacrifice of all those that have defended our freedoms and protected our way of life.
In grateful recognition of all those in 61st Reconnaissance Regiment killed or wounded in Europe and the veterans who survived but never forgot.
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It is with great sadness I record that Eric Postles, one of the last remaining veterans from the 61st Reconnaissance Regiment (thankfully Tony Rampling is still with us), passed away peacefully on 27th October. Eric reached his 100th Birthday on 8th September, receiving a letter from the Queen. He was very upset to hear she had died that day.
After the war Eric served 43 years with the Civil Service and in November 1984 was made a Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO), which he received at Buckingham Palace.
He was a lovely man and I shall miss the special chats I had with him on the phone, while he reminisced about his time in 61st Recce in such a warm Wigan accent - he always sounded as though he had a smile upon his face. I'm so glad he was able to meet up with the 61st Reconnaissance Regiment Living History Group shortly before his birthday and you can see that smile on their website (photos courtesy of the group and Eric Postles, wreath by Poppys of Bridgnorth). Any gifts in his memory should go to the British Legion Poppy Appeal.
Rest in Peace
Eric
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