JIM Lewendon, the man who helps organise the impressive turnouts to mark the return of dead soldiers’ bodies to the city, is right that no-one does it for recognition or gratitude.
Yet it is still good to see that, despite their own grief at losing a family member, Terry and Mary Perry felt moved enough to contact this newspaper to formally thank the legion — and by extension all the mourners — for the way their support and help made a difficult day a little more bearable.
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