The Fellowship of the Services. A Brotherhood of Officers and Men.

Fellowship is the underlying spirit of comradeship proved in the fires of two World Wars and perpetuated in a brotherhood of ex-servicemen drawn from all ranks of H. M. Forces, an association created out of the unforgettable experiences of the 1914-18 war. All ex-servicemen remember many examples of heroism, unselfishness and personal devotion and the following story was the episode that prompted the formation of the Fellowship of the Services.

A certain Regular Army Officer carried back into civilian life a vivid and undying memory of one particular incident that occurred in 1916 in the trenches near Messines, a town between Ypres in Belgium and Armentieres in France. A Private soldier, formerly a dock labourer, was mortally wounded and died in this officer's arms on the floor of the trench. He was the very same man who, on two previous occasions, had risked his own life for the sake of this officer and who had now made the supreme sacrifice. This particular tragedy and the very real although unspoken comradeship between officer and private that preceded it, remained as an imperishable and inspiring memory. It cut across all sense of discipline, rank and social status and was the inspiration which later spurred three ex-servicemen (including that officer) to found this Society - The Fellowship of the Services.

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