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  1. 21-01-2010, 17:51 #1
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    Soldier rejected from British Army wins top FFL Medal

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...d-bravery.html

    Cool. I had to post it before fantassin did...

    I love the way that our rejects are the best toms in the French Army... but seriously, well done him.
    "However proletarian and semiliterate he may have been, the English soldier, well nourished with meat and beer, stimulated with gin, and convinced of his own racial superiority to the foreign rabble he had to face, was a magnificent combatant, as anyone who has ever seen hooligans in action at a soccer match can readily imagine."

    Prof. Alessandro Barbaro, The Battle

    (nicked from Mallinson, The Making of the British Army)
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  2. 21-01-2010, 17:54 #2
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    Re: Soldier rejected from British Army wins top FFL Medal

    Quote Originally Posted by Rumpelstiltskin
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1245000/Soldier-rejected-British-Army-wins-French-Foreign-Legion-award-bravery.html



    I love the way that our rejects are the best toms in the French Army... but seriously, well done him.


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  3. 21-01-2010, 17:59 #3
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    Re: Soldier rejected from British Army wins top FFL Medal

    He's on the front page of our local paper, cracking story and well done to him. Eyesight can't have been that bad for a sniper!?!
    Light travels faster than sound. That's why most people appear bright..........until you hear them speak!
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  4. 21-01-2010, 18:02 #4
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    Re: Soldier rejected from British Army wins top FFL Medal

    So thats where Andrew Ridgely went when he left WHAM!
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    Re: Soldier rejected from British Army wins top FFL Medal

    "You have to admire this man's utter determination. One way or another he was always going to find a way to kill foreigners without going to jail."

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0dGdxM58t

    In the comments, steady on!
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    Re: Soldier rejected from British Army wins top FFL Medal

    Fuck me he looks young for his age. Joined at 20 in 1987 which makes him 43.
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  7. 21-01-2010, 18:11 #7
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    Re: Soldier rejected from British Army wins top FFL Medal

    Quote Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager
    Fuck me he looks young for his age. Joined at 20 in 1987 which makes him 43.

    It's all that clean living, keeps you young and fresh.
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    Re: Soldier rejected from British Army wins top FFL Medal

    Quote Originally Posted by DarkNinja
    So thats where Andrew Ridgely went when he left WHAM!
    Ha Ha - He does!! :D
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  9. 21-01-2010, 18:20 #9
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    Re: Soldier rejected from British Army wins top FFL Medal

    Picked up the french habit of having a frankly gopping beret
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    Re: Soldier rejected from British Army wins top FFL Medal

    Top bloke,well done him !
    Digging The Heel In !!!
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  11. 21-01-2010, 18:39 #11
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    Re: Soldier rejected from British Army wins top FFL Medal

    Quote Originally Posted by Jungelism
    Picked up the french habit of having a frankly gopping beret
    That's Sappers for ya.
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    Re: Soldier rejected from British Army wins top FFL Medal

    Chap I worked with in Africa got the Croix de Guerre from the FFL after the Brits turned him down due to GBH conviction. We miss some pearlers.

    For those who don't know about that award, it is the one that was once awarded to a pigeon.
    The term bugle originates from the French word bugleret, which was derived from the Latin buculus, meaning young bull.
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    Re: Soldier rejected from British Army wins top FFL Medal

    Anyone in Minley crated his brother yet?
    http://static.pardus.at/various/a/pardus_468x60_04.swf
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  14. 21-01-2010, 19:45 #14
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    Re: Soldier rejected from British Army wins top FFL Medal

    Quote Originally Posted by jagman
    Quote Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager
    Fuck me he looks young for his age. Joined at 20 in 1987 which makes him 43.

    It's all that clean living, keeps you young and fresh.
    Also lotion. I'll have to find out what brand he uses.


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    Re: Soldier rejected from British Army wins top FFL Medal

    Quote Originally Posted by udipur
    Chap I worked with in Africa got the Croix de Guerre from the FFL after the Brits turned him down due to GBH conviction. We miss some pearlers.

    For those who don't know about that award, it is the one that was once awarded to a pigeon.
    French Bravery Medal?





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