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Its always sad when one of our own is taken sudenly,
I am sure his family and friends will take some comfort
in the kind, respectful and loving words posted here by those who knew him.
Sincere condolences to his family and comrades.
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil...prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon...
RIP, my sincerest condolences to his family and friends
"He is an enemy officer taken in battle and entitled to fair treatment."
"No, sir. He's a sergeant, and they don't deserve no respect at all, sir. I should know. They're cunning and artful, if they're any good. I wouldn't mind if he was an officer, sir. But sergeants are clever."
At the removal this evening, I couldn't but reflect on the time we shared on our PNCO course including long hours in a bivvy one very wet summer's night. He was a great soldier who many-a-time generously shared his experience with me and others around him.
My memory of Will will be his big smiling grin, someone who was always fun and enthusiastic and someone who was uniquely open to share his feelings.
There was a massive turnout of Will's family and friends at the removal, the funeral and the graveyard.
I had the unfortuate job of telling many of his RDF friends (both serving and former) of Will's passing and was IC of the bearer party (it was a honour to do it Will).
The coffin was dressed in a tricolour, beret, gloves and belt. He was carried from his house to the hearse by a bearer party. Pall bearers saluted as he passed them. Part of the road was lined by members of the RDF. The bearer party then removed his coffin and placed it in the church. After the funeral members of Will's family (brothers and uncles) carried Will to the hearse. The bearer party removed Will from hearse and brought him to the graveside where we removed the beret, belt and gloves (which were given to his parents) and the tricolour.
His father (Will Day, ex-5 Inf Bn) has asked me to thank all of those from the RDF & PDF (both past and present) who attended.
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