| IT IS 100 years since the Territorial Army was founded, and to mark the start of its centenary celebration more than 1600 people, about half of them members of the TA, and many of their families, gathered for a service in Liverpool Cathedral.
All the top brass were there, including the General Officer Commanding 2 Division, Major General McDowell; the Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside, Dame Lorna Muirhead; the Lord Mayor of Liverpool; the High Sheriff of Liverpool; the Chief Constable; and the Chiefs of the Fire and Ambulance Services.
The address was given by the Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Revd James Jones, seen here (left) with a much-decorated TA veteran, Dusty Miller, now with the British Legion.
Recognising the value of the Territorial Army, the Bishop said that, although it offered “adventure, camaraderie, and even fun; ultimately it is about service and sacrifice”. He criticised the motion at the recent National Union of Teachers’ conference which sought to ban the military from schools.
“The last people to glorify war”, he said, “are those who serve in the armed forces; for they alone know what war is.” To prevent their going into schools would “cut off our young people from the very people whose service and sacrifice have secured the freedom that is the foundation of our democracy”.
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