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In April 2009 the Big Lottery Fund launched Heroes Return 2, awarding grants for Second World War veterans or their widows to return to where they saw active service and attend memorial events in the UK. This is an account of stories from the veterans’ trips, war time recollections, photos and videos.
The blog is for veterans and anybody else involved such as family members, carers, and BIG’s Heroes Return team.
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Hi
I am the general Manager for ‘Spirit of Remembrance’, a new (but with a LOT of experienced people!) Battlefield and Remembrance Travel tour operation. We have a series of Links to Big Lottery Heroes Return 2 at our main site:
http://www.spiritofremembrance.com/page/heroes-return-2-ww2-veterans
and our secondary site:
http://www.battlefield-tours.co.uk/html/heroes-return-2.html
I would be most grateful if you could extend links back to our sites from the ‘Links’ page on Heroes Return 2.
Wiht grateful thanks in anticipation:
Nikki Archer-Waring
Comment by Nikki Archer-Waring February 6, 2012 @ 1:34 pmGeneral Manager
Spirit of Remembrance
There are so many people that need to be applauded and so many battles that need to be recognized. This site is wonderful, to hear veterans stories makes it not just part of the history books. There is another site that is trying to do the same thing and give back to the Monte Cassino Community where the Battle of Monte Cassino took place in 1944. I had never heard of this battle before until a few weeks ago. It makes me wonder what other battles and stories are out there that not many know about.
If you are interested in archival articles, diaries and videos check out the site http://www.indiegogo.com/BattleforMonteCassino
It is in the process of collecting donations for the Monte Cassino Community to help educate a new generations (such as myself) about the battle of Monte Cassino and unite the global Cassino Community.
Comment by M.E Miller August 24, 2012 @ 6:32 amPlease allow me to introduce myself, my name’s Sanjiev Johal I work for a television production company called Windfall Films. We’ve been asked by Channel 4 Television to look at putting together a 24-hour television event to mark the anniversary of D-Day next year (2013, not the 70th anniversary of the landings in 2014). Essentially, this would involve telling the story using archive material, analysis and including the memories of surviving veterans. Here is where I would be incredibly grateful for your help.
In order to convey the most accurate, honest and insightful account of those events, we would need to speak with the surviving veterans who endured those moments first-hand and became a living part of a history they created. With the inevitable passage of time sadly taking its toll on the numbers of D-Day veterans still alive today, locating those still with us is proving increasingly difficult. I was wondering if ‘Heroes Return’ might be able to put us in touch with any surviving D-Day veterans that the blog/service might have some contact with. In the first instance we’re just looking to talk to them about their experiences of those events, we’re not looking to film anything at this stage. Knowing of your service and commitment to veteran affairs, I thought I could possibly call on your help to try and speak to some of the D-Day heroes about that crucial moment in history before we lose them forever.
I’m very grateful for your time and help with this enquiry. Please feel free to call me on 020 7251 7676 or email me at sanjiev@windfallfilms.com if you’d like to discuss any of this further. I look forward to hearing back from you as soon as possible.
Kind regards
Sanjiev
Sanjiev Johal
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Windfall Films
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Comment by Sanjiev Johal November 8, 2012 @ 11:57 am