The Shoulder Title that was a battle award!

[iaindh]

West Street is now Dr Pixley Kaseme St

Originally Posted by Frank Kelley

I trust West Street still remains?

[Frank Kelley]

Oh, for gods sake!

Originally Posted by iaindh

West Street is now Dr Pixley Kaseme St

[Brian Conyngham]

Guys

We even have a Che Guevara Road. What the hell he had to do with Durban who knows?

The worst was the renaming of Edwin Swales VC Rd.....absolutely disgusting

Brian

[Frank Kelley]

Don't set me off with Edwin Swales VC, I actually wrote to the Bomber Command Association, the Chief of the Air Staff and then a very strongly worded letter to your High Commission in London.
There were only three pathfinder's who won the Victoria Cross, none of them survived to wear them!

Originally Posted by Brian Conyngham

Guys

We even have a Che Guevara Road. What the hell he had to do with Durban who knows?

The worst was the renaming of Edwin Swales VC Rd.....absolutely disgusting

Brian

[iaindh]

Brian / Frank,

I didn't know they'd renamed Edwin Swales VC as well

The worst of it is, probably 99.9% of the population dont know who the new people are
I dont know what happened to following Nelson Mandela's example but I consider these renamings to be racist!

regards, iain

[Frank Kelley]

Gentlemen,
I did not know whether to laugh or cry when this matter was discussed on the ABW forum some time ago, two members, one of them in Pietermaritzburg, who you will doubtless be aware of, actually said that, "it does not matter" well, to hear that from so called "medal collector's" both amazes me and indeed, disgusts me!

[iaindh]

A song springs to mind : "The night they drove old Dixie down" and a line "take what you need and leave the rest, but you should never have taken the very best!"

regards, Iain

[Brian Conyngham]

Originally Posted by Frank Kelley

Gentlemen,
I did not know whether to laugh or cry when this matter was discussed on the ABW forum some time ago, two members, one of them in Pietermaritzburg, who you will doubtless be aware of, actually said that, "it does not matter" well, to hear that from so called "medal collector's" both amazes me and indeed, disgusts me!

Thats why Durban has now been renamed Dustbin or Dirtbin depending on the source!

[Brian Conyngham]

Originally Posted by iaindh

A song springs to mind : "The night they drove old Dixie down" and a line "take what you need and leave the rest, but you should never have taken the very best!"

regards, Iain

Iain

Wow that brings back some memories, they never play that sort of music on the radio anymore.

BC

[Mike Jackson]

Originally Posted by BWEF

"The day after the battle, for their part, 25th Tank Brigade, of which the North Irish Horse was the senior unit, was awarded the Maple Leaf of Canada, a silver replica of which was worn on uniform sleeves."

http://www.northirishhorse.net/articles/15-3.html

http://northirishhorse.net/personal/honours.html

Some additional images. Mike
Yeo.NIH_2 cloth titles.jpgYeo.NIH.Maple Leaf.jpg

25 Tk Bde.01.jpg RDY.01.jpg

[Frank Kelley]

Honestly Brian it really did upset me, I knew four members of 580 Squadron who all knew Swales, sadly, all, but one, are no longer with us now and Swales lost his life for people just like them, again I really am disgusted!
Moreover, I never did receive a reply from the High Commision, not that I was holding my breath!

Originally Posted by Brian Conyngham

Thats why Durban has now been renamed Dustbin or Dirtbin depending on the source!

[Brian Conyngham]

Mike

Thanks for posting these examples and links here: nice to see these oddities, adds greatly to the general knowledge on this topic, much appreciated!

Brian

[iaindh]

Brian,

no, unfortunately radio stations in SA tend to play kiddies music which is mostly really poor quality.

regards, Iain

Originally Posted by Brian Conyngham

Iain

Wow that brings back some memories, they never play that sort of music on the radio anymore.

BC

[loupie1961]

Originally Posted by Brian Conyngham

Frank

Glad you liked it, I am attaching a pic of the award document. It was sent to me by a mate and he cannot remember where he found it?

However it needs to be shown, but will remove if it offends the owner, appologies in advance.

Brian

Hello Brian, are you sure that it has been sent to you? as a matter of fact, this award document is in my possession and has been previously posted on another thread: http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...ad.php?t=36988 No offense whatever, but still it's nice to be credited...

[iaindh]

Hi Mike,

thanks for sharing; a very interesting little item!

regards, Iain

Originally Posted by Mike Jackson

Some additional images. Mike
Attachment 101657Attachment 101658

Attachment 101659 Attachment 101660