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New 'Walter Mitty' law to be introduced.
Up to 6 months in prison and up to £5000 fine for anyone found to be wearing medals not awarded to them, wearing military uniform not award to them, or otherwise falsely claiming to be a veteran.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/22/mps-bac...
Doesn't go far enough in my opinion... the punishment for pretending you were in the armed forces should be that you are forcibly admitted into the army and made to do 12 months training
that should hopefully stop all those people we've all met at some point that "used to be in the SAS"....
Up to 6 months in prison and up to £5000 fine for anyone found to be wearing medals not awarded to them, wearing military uniform not award to them, or otherwise falsely claiming to be a veteran.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/22/mps-bac...
Doesn't go far enough in my opinion... the punishment for pretending you were in the armed forces should be that you are forcibly admitted into the army and made to do 12 months training
that should hopefully stop all those people we've all met at some point that "used to be in the SAS".... NinjaPower said:
New 'Walter Mitty' law to be introduced.
Up to 6 months in prison and up to £5000 fine for anyone found to be wearing medals not awarded to them, wearing military uniform not award to them, or otherwise falsely claiming to be a veteran.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/22/mps-bac...
Doesn't go far enough in my opinion... the punishment for pretending you were in the armed forces should be that you are forcibly admitted into the army and made to do 12 months training that should hopefully stop all those people we've all met at some point that "used to be in the SAS"....
A weekend of door security at the gay, Jewish disco in Kabul would be more efficient. Up to 6 months in prison and up to £5000 fine for anyone found to be wearing medals not awarded to them, wearing military uniform not award to them, or otherwise falsely claiming to be a veteran.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/22/mps-bac...
Doesn't go far enough in my opinion... the punishment for pretending you were in the armed forces should be that you are forcibly admitted into the army and made to do 12 months training
that should hopefully stop all those people we've all met at some point that "used to be in the SAS".... AndySheff said:
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NinjaPower said:
New 'Walter Mitty' law to be introduced.
Up to 6 months in prison and up to £5000 fine for anyone found to be wearing medals not awarded to them, wearing military uniform not award to them, or otherwise falsely claiming to be a veteran.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/22/mps-bac...
Doesn't go far enough in my opinion... the punishment for pretending you were in the armed forces should be that you are forcibly admitted into the army and made to do 12 months training that should hopefully stop all those people we've all met at some point that "used to be in the SAS"....
I'd say there definitely needs to be some specific exemptions to allow family members to parade a deceased relative's medals.Up to 6 months in prison and up to £5000 fine for anyone found to be wearing medals not awarded to them, wearing military uniform not award to them, or otherwise falsely claiming to be a veteran.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/22/mps-bac...
Doesn't go far enough in my opinion... the punishment for pretending you were in the armed forces should be that you are forcibly admitted into the army and made to do 12 months training
that should hopefully stop all those people we've all met at some point that "used to be in the SAS".... There were lots of folk on parade at the Remembrance Sunday service at the National Memorial Arboretum wearing other peoples' medals. It's usually done by wearing them on the right side of the chest so that it's clear that you're not claiming them as your own. It was great to see lots of WWII stars brought out into the light for a day, even if the recipients are no longer with us. My personal highlight was having a chat with a 96 year-old RE veteran who'd served with a couple of the same Regiments I'd served in a generation or two later.
Happily I don't recall seeing anyone who I thought looked particularly Walt-ish. Fake/bogus medal groups often stand out like a sore thumb because the wearer hasn't done their homework regarding which medals are normally found together. Or they wear them in an obviously wrong order. But that's the issue with these 'pretenders' - civilians are often taken in because they know no better, whereas a genuine veteran can usually sniff a Walt out in short order because there's always a clue in how they wear a beret or a set of medals, plus they're always followed by the whiff of BS.
yellowjack said:
NinjaPower said:
New 'Walter Mitty' law to be introduced.
Up to 6 months in prison and up to £5000 fine for anyone found to be wearing medals not awarded to them, wearing military uniform not award to them, or otherwise falsely claiming to be a veteran.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/22/mps-bac...
Doesn't go far enough in my opinion... the punishment for pretending you were in the armed forces should be that you are forcibly admitted into the army and made to do 12 months training that should hopefully stop all those people we've all met at some point that "used to be in the SAS"....
I'd say there definitely needs to be some specific exemptions to allow family members to parade a deceased relative's medals.Up to 6 months in prison and up to £5000 fine for anyone found to be wearing medals not awarded to them, wearing military uniform not award to them, or otherwise falsely claiming to be a veteran.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/22/mps-bac...
Doesn't go far enough in my opinion... the punishment for pretending you were in the armed forces should be that you are forcibly admitted into the army and made to do 12 months training
that should hopefully stop all those people we've all met at some point that "used to be in the SAS".... There were lots of folk on parade at the Remembrance Sunday service at the National Memorial Arboretum wearing other peoples' medals. It's usually done by wearing them on the right side of the chest so that it's clear that you're not claiming them as your own. It was great to see lots of WWII stars brought out into the light for a day, even if the recipients are no longer with us. My personal highlight was having a chat with a 96 year-old RE veteran who'd served with a couple of the same Regiments I'd served in a generation or two later.
Happily I don't recall seeing anyone who I thought looked particularly Walt-ish. Fake/bogus medal groups often stand out like a sore thumb because the wearer hasn't done their homework regarding which medals are normally found together. Or they wear them in an obviously wrong order. But that's the issue with these 'pretenders' - civilians are often taken in because they know no better, whereas a genuine veteran can usually sniff a Walt out in short order because there's always a clue in how they wear a beret or a set of medals, plus they're always followed by the whiff of BS.
northwest monkey said:
jdw100 said:
MarshPhantom said:
Something on The BBC news a few days ago saying was a fairly widespread problem.
Yes, me and my SAS team were reading the same article last week as well. 
MarshPhantom said:
northwest monkey said:
jdw100 said:
MarshPhantom said:
Something on The BBC news a few days ago saying was a fairly widespread problem.
Yes, me and my SAS team were reading the same article last week as well. Some Gump said:
yellowjack said:
Happily I don't recall seeing anyone who I thought looked particularly Walt-ish.
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