1st December
Chris didn’t make any notes in his diary today. Instead, we’re sharing just one of the many kind messages of support he and the lads received from notable public figures, friends and family while on tour.
To All Of The Troops
Serving In Afghanistan
You fight to protect us all from harm
We must never forget those who
we’ve lost over time
Our thoughts are as always with our
troops in Afghanistan
Respect to you all, you are all heroes.
Andrew Spindloe, Hartlepool
The two ends of aThe Channel Tunnel linking Great Britain with the European mainland for the first time in more than 8,000 years.
Benazir Bhutto was nominated to become prime minister of Pakistan, the first woman to govern a Muslim nation.
Guinness shares plunge by £300m as the government orders an inquiry into the affairs of the company.
Israel's founding father, David Ben-Gurion, dies.
In Cambodia, communist fighters renew their assaults on government positions, forcing the retreat of Cambodian government forces from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.
The government puts forward a plan to improve the lot of both farmers and consumers by encouraging intensive farming.
Antarctica made a military free continent.
Civil rights activist Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat for a white passenger in Alabama.
Winston Churchill, President Franklin D Roosevelt and Marshall Joseph Stalin make their first joint declaration against the Axis Powers.
The British government unveils plans for a post-war welfare state in the Beveridge Report.
Sergey Kirov, a leader of the Russian Revolution and a high-ranking member of the Politburo, is shot to death at his Leningrad office.
The Locarno Treaties were signed by France, Belgium and Germany.
Nancy Astor becomes the first female MP to take her seat in parliament.
Iceland was granted independence by the Danish parliament.
Ford’s assembly line starts rolling.
Dom Pedro, founder of the Brazilian Empire, was crowned as the first emperor of Brazil.
A nationalist revolution in Portugal led to independence from Spain as the Spanish garrisons were driven out of Portugal.
This is the real diary of a soldier who fought on the frontline in Afghanistan. In his own words, Pte.C.Burtenshaw 3011 6964 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, writes a brutally honest account of his experiences, not just as his therapy, but for his children.
The Diary Of My Afghanistan Tour 2010/2011, portrays the human element of the Afghanistan conflict to help those back home understand, that ‘as much as we love of our jobs and being out here, we are all of us, still human.’
It is a person. It is inspired by Conrad Lewis. Who became the 353rd soldier in the theatre of Afghanistan to give up everything for what he believed in.
353 is a charitable trust with the aim of helping members of the military community by delivering long-term support to a variety of charities, soldiers and their families. To make as big a difference as possible through partnerships with other organisations. This enables us to achieve our objective of providing a career and income within 353 for those affected by military conflict.
The 353 Trust supports injured soldiers, the families of the bereaved, and other military charities, with our combined efforts and in Conrad's memory. Funds raised will be shared amongst other military charities including;
These highly efficient charities are working tirelessly to support those who fought bravely in Afghanistan and for all those it effected.
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