Medal Of Dishonour: War Fake's Walk Of Shame
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A man has admitted wearing military medals he did not earn at an Armistice Day parade in Warwickshire.
Roger Day, 61, of Church Street, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, was arrested after he was seen wearing 17 medals at the parade in Bedworth on 11 November.
He pleaded guilty at Nuneaton Magistrates' Court to unlawfully using military decoration.
The court heard how Day had started to make up stories to impress his new wife, who was 24 years younger.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwic...
Roger Day, 61, of Church Street, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, was arrested after he was seen wearing 17 medals at the parade in Bedworth on 11 November.
He pleaded guilty at Nuneaton Magistrates' Court to unlawfully using military decoration.
The court heard how Day had started to make up stories to impress his new wife, who was 24 years younger.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwic...
I know this place is full of fantasists but having to go on a parade with fake medals to keep your story going is a bit much. 
article said:
Organisers of the parade, Bedworth Armistice Day Association, said they became suspicious of Day's 17 medals, which included awards for serving in World War II, the Military Medal, and SAS badges.
he had been denying it
07 December
A man who marched on Remembrance Day with an "impossible" 17 medals has denied he is a fake, saying he earned all the honours.
Angry war veterans spotted the man taking part in the November 11 parade in Bedworth, Warwickshire.
Pinned to his lapel was the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross - in addition to campaign medals stretching from World War Two to the Gulf.
He also wore three SAS badges and an SAS beret.
Military experts said it would have been "impossible" for one man to have been decorated with so many honours.
But 61-year-old Roger Day said all the medals were genuine - and so was he.
"They're all proper pukka campaign medals. Medals I won in conflicts while I was serving with the British forces,"
But when quizzed about his SAS background, he said the Official Secrets Act prevented him from giving details.
"All I can say is South Atlantic, the Gulf, Kuwait and one or two other stations," he said.
He suggested others had misidentified his medals because he "might have hung them in the wrong order".
Mr Day also rejected that he had fled the Bedworth service after being confronted by former servicemen and admitting he was a phoney.
"I saw it out to its bitter end and then went drinking with some ex-SAS buddies."
Reports said Mr Day was once also challenged by a real soldier at his local pub after talking up his efforts as an SAS hero.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Bedworth-...
no fool like an old fool ... TOSSER
07 December
A man who marched on Remembrance Day with an "impossible" 17 medals has denied he is a fake, saying he earned all the honours.
Angry war veterans spotted the man taking part in the November 11 parade in Bedworth, Warwickshire.
Pinned to his lapel was the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross - in addition to campaign medals stretching from World War Two to the Gulf.
He also wore three SAS badges and an SAS beret.
Military experts said it would have been "impossible" for one man to have been decorated with so many honours.
But 61-year-old Roger Day said all the medals were genuine - and so was he.
"They're all proper pukka campaign medals. Medals I won in conflicts while I was serving with the British forces,"
But when quizzed about his SAS background, he said the Official Secrets Act prevented him from giving details.
"All I can say is South Atlantic, the Gulf, Kuwait and one or two other stations," he said.
He suggested others had misidentified his medals because he "might have hung them in the wrong order".
Mr Day also rejected that he had fled the Bedworth service after being confronted by former servicemen and admitting he was a phoney.
"I saw it out to its bitter end and then went drinking with some ex-SAS buddies."
Reports said Mr Day was once also challenged by a real soldier at his local pub after talking up his efforts as an SAS hero.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Bedworth-...
no fool like an old fool ... TOSSER
Edited by y2blade on Tuesday 12th January 18:50
Some b
d turned up at the planning permission meeting for the SSAFA house in Ashtead wearing a George Cross that hadn't been awarded to him, claiming it had. In my mind it was made all the worse by the fact that one of the other people present very much had been awarded his, and had lost multiple limbs in the process of winning it.
Some people are just below contempt.
d turned up at the planning permission meeting for the SSAFA house in Ashtead wearing a George Cross that hadn't been awarded to him, claiming it had. In my mind it was made all the worse by the fact that one of the other people present very much had been awarded his, and had lost multiple limbs in the process of winning it.Some people are just below contempt.
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