| Hi Andy,
I think that the armed services do get recognition for what they did and they do wholeheartedly deserve it.
You could argue that some small units didn’t. I am thinking of the DEMS gunners who fought on MN ships, the trawlers that went to war (Harry Tates Navy). You could also argue that they are recognised by the fact they were Royal Navy, RNR or RNVR servicemen and received collective recognition. The same could be said of other units in the military.
The Merchant Navy, however, seem to be forgotten purely because they were seen as a civilian service but as I have already stated we would have lost the war without them. What little recognition they are getting now is too little too late and has taken years of campaigning.
Regards
Hugh
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