tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586389062182728098.post7332901034519539085..comments2024-03-27T08:15:17.334-07:00Comments on ianssmart: Barnard Hedgerianssmarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07863217818794644141noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586389062182728098.post-28450227391107623082013-11-11T02:34:25.943-08:002013-11-11T02:34:25.943-08:00Sgt Hedger was not alone in his diffculties with t...Sgt Hedger was not alone in his diffculties with the uncaring MoD. My father had to fight tooth and nail for a War Pension. He was well into his seventies when the back injury he had sustained in his early twenties erecting Bailey Bridges was finally acknowledged.<br /><br />I had a neighbour who took his life after returning from the horrors of Bosnia. He was a quiet private man who would not have sought help for himself. Perhaps someone should have been looking out for him a little more.Richard Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06600522000122688279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586389062182728098.post-51171219756811571922013-11-09T16:14:43.137-08:002013-11-09T16:14:43.137-08:00Poignant and well written piece. Lest we forget th...Poignant and well written piece. Lest we forget the futility of war and the woeful treatment of our veterans by the very same powers that persuaded them to fight. RIP Barnard HedgerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com