Day of Prayer for the British Armed Services. By Uncle Monty.

Day of Prayer for the British Armed Services.

Story By Uncle Monty.

Photos By Alex Albion.

Part 1 of 2.

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Lady Pippa Dannatt and her husband British

General Sir Richard Dannett, Chief of the

General Staff, made their good presence felt

at The Day of Prayer for the British Armed

Services that was held at the Anglican jewel

of the Royal Air Force’s St. Clement Danes.

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The presence of Lady Pippa and Sir Richard

spoke eloquently of their unfailing love for God

and Country. And, when they spoke at the prayer

day to those active and retired British armed service

members, The Dannatts were clearly honest and

openly direct in what they had to say without any

sort of artifice. They rightfully stood among such

men and women, from all the armed services of

Great Britain, that had proudly come together to

share their personal faith and open fellowship

with all of those of similar Christian mind and

spirit at the wonderful gathering of the

fine military prayer day.
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Ex-Royal Navy Service

Officer Joan Wright.

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To spend much of the afternoon with such

British military brass was a sheer joy for me,

even though I am personally and unalterably

opposed to war of any kind as an affirming

Anglican. The personal and warm response
toward me at the Order of Service was just

so delightful and so sincere, especially with
General Sir Richard spending some of his scarce

time to briefly chat with me and, of course, to let

me photograph him upfront as seen in the the

above caption image I took of him. He’s a born

Essex man and now lives in Norfolk he told me,

among other friendly comments of his to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dannatt

He is the same top British general who insisted

that Prince Harry not be deployed to Iraq.

General Dannatt is also gravely concerned

about the rise of Islam in Britain and has been

carpeted for his views on such. Plus, New

Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown has

nastily prevented the good general from

assuming the highest military rank possible

as Chief of the British Defence Staff. The

liberal news media has also taken him to

task on his open belief that our soldiers

should be spiritually aware and prepared

at their mortal fate in the battlefields

of war. Right on, Sir Richard.
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I've presented below a selection of photographs

I shot while at the three and half hour service of

some of the people I had the pleasure of meeting,

especially ex-Royal Navy Service Officer Joan

Wright and British (Ret'd) Col. Peter Harvey,

who I sat between during my warm

encounters at St. Clement Danes.

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Lady Pippa Dannatt chatting with Anglican Sister.

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British Lt. Col. (Ret'd) Jan Ramsom, MBE.

She is also a lady of deep faith without a doubt.

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British Royal Navy Chaplain, The

Rev'd Simon Springett. With so much

of his dignity and becoming presence,

I was so glad to capture him through

my camera lens and show the fine

Anglican reverend to the world.

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RAF Senior Aircraft Woman Laura Bates.
She read the lesson from Acts Chap 8

verses 26-40, so, so, beautifully, she did.

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British Colonel (Ret'd) Peter Harvey, 76,
educated at Marlborough, Cambridge and
The Royal Military College at Sandhurst.
There he was a military instructor at the
time when now General Dannatt was a
Sandhurst cadet, so Col. Harvey told me.
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RAF Wing Commander Rev'd Adrian
Gatrill, Rector of St. Clement Danes.
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British Army Private Rich Torburn
with Uncle Monty at The Day of Prayer.
Rich, 26, has just returned from his own
Afghanistan military tour. This young
fellow is going places make no mistake
about it. His presentation at the prayer
day was quite moving and well worth
listening to his military experience
which he stated so well for us all to
grasp with huge pride and thanks ...
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I will add shortly more images in Part Two
of this story of mine of The Day of Prayer
for the British Armed Service.
Faithfully, Uncle Monty.
+Archbishop William Temple, 2oo8

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