Wooton Bassett.

[Castiel]

Later this year the town of Wootton Bassett will be honoured by the granting of the prefix "Royal" in recognition of it's unwavering support of the fallen soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan in recent years.

I think that the recognition is well deserved.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/stand...omes-to-a-halt-to-honour-our-fallen-heroes.do

 

[Castiel]

Well it's moving from Royal WB now anyway.

Indeed.

Whether people agree with what is in essence just a mark of respect to those who lost their lives in service or not, as someone who served in both recent conflicts, if I had fallen, I would like that my family would have the opportunity to see people make that effort as those who attend the Wootton Bassett cortages do.

It is not only the soldiers themselves that sacrifice, the families of those who fall deserve that overt mark of respect for their sacrifice also.

Being as the route is being changed from September, these marks of respect will no longer take place and I feel that is a shame.