Capt Steve Munro read a statement in tribute to Guardsman Shadrake outside the church at Thursday's service.
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Ex-Welsh Guardsman Mr Weston was badly burned when the Sir Galahad troop ship was destroyed.
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Sitting next to Shannon was Annette McCleod, the wife of injured National Guardsman Wendell McCleod.
Captain Weaver, a former National Guardsman who did time in the Iraqi Wars, runs this tribe.
These soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsman embody the best of American values and ideals.
Guardsman Stokes, who is black, resigned after three years of constant racial abuse and promotion rejections.
Finally, an Army National Guardsman got to her on a snowmobile after 4 a.m.
And they carry titles that have commanded the respect of generations -- soldiers, airmen, Marine, sailor, Coast Guardsman.
They include 39-year-old David Grimshaw from Llandudno, north Wales, who was 19 and a promising young Welsh Guardsman.
Guardsman Shadrake was shot during an attack in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province three days after his 20th birthday.
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Each of them adds honor to what it means to be a soldier, sailor, airman, Marine, and Coast Guardsman.
Guardsman Jamie Shadrake, 20, of 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, was killed by insurgents who attacked a checkpoint in Helmand province on 17 August.
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Paul Thundercliffe taught Guardsman Major at the Lindsey School in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
Stories like that of Guardsman Stokes eventually led to senior officers commissioning research into the experiences of black and Asian service-men and women.
Mr. REISTAD: I think it's difficult if you're a National Guardsman or a Reservist and you're pulling your third or fourth tour over there.
Over 25 percent of the forces deployed are Guardsman and Reservists.
Since becoming Tory leader, the former Scots Guardsman has faced near constant speculation about his future amid talk of plots and reported disquiet with his leadership.
Guardsman David Watson, who is being treated in Birmingham for injuries caused by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan three years ago, described the announcement as "fantastic".
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The silence was also due to be observed by mourners at the funeral of Scots Guardsman Paul McGee, who died after being stabbed in Lochwinnoch in Renfrewshire.
In all, more than 16 million Americans would put on the uniform of the soldier, the sailor, the airman, the Marine, the Coast Guardsman or the merchant mariner.
"We're giving away finite resources when we should be trying to get the maximum value for them, " said Jay Cross, a retired Alaska Guardsman who is a volunteer for Democratic presidential nominee Sen.
Indeed, all of us on this stage -- every single one of us -- have a profound responsibility to every soldier, sailor, airman, Marine and Coast Guardsman who puts their life on the line for America.
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According to Guardsman Lee Wheeler, the duchess told him that she did not know if she was expecting a boy or a girl, but said she would like a boy and William would like a girl.
All Americans should know that one act of kindness extended to a family of a soldier, a sailor, or a Marine, a Coast Guardsman, reverberates across water, over the mountains, and through the deserts, into the heart of the warrior who is standing there alone, thinking as much about his family as his family is thinking about him or her.
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