The village of Wootton Basset in Wiltshire

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Hi guys I take no credit for this post I came accross it on another forum.

This was posted by a forum member called "Don Lafontaine"


Whether you agree with war or not, the death of a young person is a tragic thing. It's even more tragic when that death occours when that young man or woman is killed in action fighting in a country thousands of miles from home in a war that many believe that they shouldn't be involved with in the first place.
Now I'm not here to stand on my soapbox and say whether or not we should be fighting in any war that doesn't immediatly threaten our shores...however, i'm here to say thanks to the people of Wooton Basset in Wiltshire.
Every time a fallen soldier comes home, he or she is flown into RAF Lyneham - the body is then driven to a mortuary and passes through Wootton Basset on route. Every time this happens, the people of the village line the streets of the route and remove their hats and bow their heads to pay their respects to Britains fallen.
The stretch of road between RAF Lyneham and the village is currently B3102. The people of the village want to get that changed officially to Highway Of Heroes in homage to the brave young men and woman that fall in far away countries.
They have started a petition to help get this done - you can do your bit by adding your name here. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/HOMAGE/
No matter what your feelings on war anywhere, we owe the people of this small village a debt of gratitude for showing their respects to the fallen - they've never met them, but it doesn't stop them.

Thanks for looking and if you took the time to fill in the petition, you have my gratitude...

Brian

Please don't turn this into another anti war thread...thanks
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I felt compelled to sign the petition:(
 
My sisters fiancee is based at Lyneham so have been around the area when the bodies are driven through and it is a very very moving occasion.

Will be signing the petition shortly.
 
Bassett is a town, not a village.

People from Bassett are a strange bunch. A good example of why in-breeding is bad, mmmkay.

Saying that, there's a good curry house on the High Street, called The Ganges.
 
I agree with the sentiment, but the name is so crashingly awful that there's no way I will sign the petition. Think up a better name that makes the same point and then I'm on board.


M
 
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