Mercury the winged messenger - the insignia & cap badge of the Royal Signals. Always affectionately known within the corps as Jimmy. There are several theories as to why he was called Jimmy, one of the most popular being that it was after a Corps Boxer ( don’t think anyone really knew why), but Jimmy it is. There is also inscribed the Corps moto Certa Cito - swift & sure.
Phil was in this corps hence it is fitting that he is stood with Jimmy/ Mercury.
It's a fabulous place, I suppose the UKs equivalent of the American area between Lincoln and the Capitol building; all of the memorials are funded by monies raised by the Associations, the Corps, the Units etc, other than the main memorial and the memorial to those who died from terrorism, which are centrally funded.
The main memorial has the names of the fallen engraved in the year they fell (I personally knew 3 of those whose names are engraved on the walls who died since I joined up in 1981) and it brings a lump to my throat when I see and read their names and the thought ‘there by the grace of God’ my name isn’t on that wall.
The main memorial has the names of the fallen engraved in the year they fell (I personally knew 3 of those whose names are engraved on the walls who died since I joined up in 1981) and it brings a lump to my throat when I see and read their names and the thought ‘there by the grace of God’ my name isn’t on that wall.