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18th November 2013, 04:11 PM
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Brian, bloody disgraceful what could he have done to be treated like that just appalling? I read he was good chums with Prince Charles, why did he not pull some strings?
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18th November 2013, 08:32 PM
#22
Re: Attention

Originally Posted by
Louis the Amigo
Hi Shipmates, Hi Captain Kong, My best mate a few years ago was born like Spike milligan on a british army camp in India, in the days of the raj, his dad who I knew also was R.S.M, his men who served with him would salute him in the pub/club and buy him beer, his mother was from wales , he and his brother both had British passports, both born in India my mate John was a paratrooper, and his brother dave was a marine 15years service. Dont understand why was Spike milligan was not British???? was it an error?????
As Milligan was not born in the United Kingdom, his claim to British nationality was never clear. Milligan himself felt that he was entitled to a British passport after having served in the army for six years. His passport application, however, was refused, primarily because he would not swear an Oath of Allegiance and his Irish ancestry gave him an escape route from his stateless condition. He became an Irish citizen and remained so until his death.
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19th November 2013, 05:17 AM
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Re: Attention

Originally Posted by
Louis the Amigo
Hi Shipmates, Hi Captain Kong, My best mate a few years ago was born like Spike milligan on a british army camp in India, in the days of the raj, his dad who I knew also was R.S.M, his men who served with him would salute him in the pub/club and buy him beer, his mother was from wales , he and his brother both had British passports, both born in India my mate John was a paratrooper, and his brother dave was a marine 15years service. Dont understand why was Spike milligan was not British???? was it an error?????
His mother spent years living in Woy Woy in NSW Australia, Spike spent many years here as well.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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19th November 2013, 07:33 AM
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my daughter has a house in Woy Woy and she tells me that the bar that Spike used to drink in has a plaque in his memory.
john sutton
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20th November 2013, 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by
john sutton
my daughter has a house in Woy Woy and she tells me that the bar that Spike used to drink in has a plaque in his memory.
john sutton
And possibly an unpaid bar bill??????


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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