Article: A 'forgotten army' get their medals.

Article: Suez Campaign veterans presented with their medals ...
The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England);  November 4, 2006 ;     548 words ... ... Sheffield Town Hall. Lord Mayor Coun Jackie Drayton ... Forgotten Army. The Suez Campaign lasted from 1951-1954 ... Bolsterstone, persuaded the Lord Mayor to hold the reception ... said: Veterans of the Suez Campaign have waited a long time ...

Article: Suez campaign veterans get their medals ... 50 ...
The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England);  June 29, 2007 ;     493 words ... ... GROUP of old soldiers gathered at Rotherham Town Hall to pick-up their medals more than 50 years after the ill-fated Suez campaign. The veterans were presented with the General Service Medal by Vice Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire Peter Lee. It followed ...

Article: Paying homage to forgotten heroes of Suez Campaign
The Northern Echo;  November 12, 2004 ;     675 words ... ... Finally, following a lengthy campaign, the Government relented last June and issued a medal for the forgotten veterans of the Suez Campaign. And this year, North-East members of the Suez Veterans' Association will be taking part in a Remembrance Day parade ...

Article: Tony Blair's risky stance on Iraq; The British leader is ...
The Christian Science Monitor;  February 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... and Britain has already sent 40,000 troops to the Gulf - Blair will be prosecuting the most unpopular war since the 1956 Suez campaign. That war brought down Prime Minister Anthony Eden. All eyes on the UN "The second resolution is crucial," says Prof ...

Article: Book on suez available ; I Have written a book, Suez: The Hidden ...
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph;  March 9, 2009 ;     336 words ...I Have written a book, Suez: The Hidden Truths, which details those turbulent years of the Suez Campaign of the early 1950s, when thousands of troops, many on National Service, were sent to defend the canal zone, often facing appalling ...

Article: Belated righting of injustice I Have written a book, 'Suez: The ...
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph;  July 25, 2007 ;     377 words ...I Have written a book, 'Suez: The Hidden Truths' which details those turbulent years of the Suez Campaign of the early 1950s, when thousands of troops, many on National Service, were posted to defend the canal zone, often facing ...

Article: Suez campaign.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  July 2, 2002 ;     247 words ...MERSEYSIDE'S veterans of the Suez crisis may soon be honoured for their part in the military campaign. They say they should be awarded the General Service Medal with a special Suez clasp. But they claim the campaign has been overlooked because officials would prefer to forget the entire Suez