A BRITISH Armed Forces veteran’s exploits during National Service 60 years ago will be front and centre of an innovative UK-wide new heritage project. Eric Blackie, who grew up in Haddington and Edinburgh before serving at Cardington, is one of 18 former servicemen included in a National Lottery-funded project called National Service Remembered. It has been 60 years since National Service ended in the UK and the campaign, run by the not-for-profit organisation Same but Different, captures a period of the country’s cultural history through the eyes of the men who served. Eric, who lived in Haddington – although he cannot remember where – before moving to Edinburgh at the age of 10, was posted to Germany as a dog handler in the military police and says the project, powered by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, is allowing him to revel in a dose of National Service nostalgia.
There was no question - you had to do it : National Service remembered by 1950s veteran who served at Caterham
Elwyn Davies, 83, served at Caterham during the 1950s and is now one of 18 former servicemen included in The National Lottery-funded campaign
Elwyn Davies, 83, was first conscripted in 1955 and served in Surrey throughout his National Service career
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A CHESTER British Armed Forces veteran’s exploits during National Service 60 years ago will be front and centre of an innovative UK-wide new heritage project. Michael Wilkinson, 87, who served in countries including Jordan, Iraq and Egypt and was stationed at Hednesford, is one of 18 former servicemen included in a National Lottery-funded project called National Service Remembered. It has been 60 years since National Service ended in the UK and the campaign, run by the not-for-profit organisation Same but Different, captures an important period of the country’s cultural history through the eyes of the men who served. Michael Wilkinson was stationed at Hednesford.
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