We have a right and a duty to respect those who were lost (From Warrington Guardian)

We have a right and a duty to respect those who were lost

I AM furious at Counillor Peter Kent's accusation about protesters against the removal of the memorial jumping on the bandwagon.

As a five-year-old, I went through the blitz, in a city that was not only targeted, but was also dumped on by returning enemy bombers.

I was also in London when the Guards' Chapel was hit by a rocket in 1944, causing 400 casualties.

An elder brother served in the Royal Navy, a cousin was a glider pilot in the raids on Normandy and also Arnhem, a cousin and a brother-in-law at Alamein, Sicily and Italy.

A 15-year-old brother, served as an ARP messenger and later in the Merchant Navy, all volunteers. Some never came back from both First and Second World Wars. I enlisted, on the day that I was old enough.

Having worked for an ex-service people's charity, I met real men and women, sometimes heroes. If I have a fault, it is showing respect to those that have earned it, unlike the councillor, who referred to the memorial at a meeting with M.A.T as that 'THING'.

CF Marshall

Somerley Close

Leighton