Another Wannabe??

Ummm ...  gongs aside, the beret gives him away.  

This is one of the poorest examples of beret bashes I've seen in a long time. 

No REAL "Regement" guy would be seen dead sporting such a bad example of it.  

Ed

 Medals are pukka...but I'm sworn to silence on how I won them, says the parade 'fraud'

By Daily Mail Reporter and <personname w:st="on"><givenname w:st="on">Fay</givenname> <sn w:st="on">Schlesinger</sn></personname>

Last updated at 6:21 PM on 07th December 2009

A man who marched at a Remembrance Day parade with an impossible array of medals was named last night as carpenter <personname w:st="on"><givenname w:st="on">Roger</givenname> <sn w:st="on">Day</sn></personname>, 61.

Neighbours said the keen amateur actor was once thrown out of his local pub in a row over an SAS badge he was wearing.

<personname w:st="on"><title w:st="on">Mr.</title> <sn w:st="on">Day</sn></personname> denied he was a conman and said the 17 medals - including top bravery awards - were 'pukka'.

 <personname w:st="on"><givenname w:st="on">Roger</givenname> <sn w:st="on">Day</sn></personname> on parade and, right, at home today. He denied he'd been confronted at the parade and said afterwards he'd then gone drinking with his 'ex-SAS buddies'

But medals expert <personname w:st="on"><givenname w:st="on">Martin</givenname> <sn w:st="on">Harrison</sn></personname> said: 'He would be world-famous - and some sort of Rambo character - if he had been awarded them all.'

A drive to identify the mystery medal man was launched after he was pictured marching alongside brave servicemen at the November 11 parade in Bedworth, Warwickshire.

<title w:st="on">Mr.</title> <sn w:st="on">Day</sn> was tracked down to his home in <personname w:st="on"><givenname w:st="on">Earl</givenname> <sn w:st="on">Shilton</sn></personname>, near <place w:st="on">Hinckley</place>, Leicestershire, where it emerged that he is a regular churchgoer who sings in the choir.

He and his wife Maxine, who neighbours said was 'considerably younger', wrote and sang a duet welcoming troops back from Afghanistan at a ceremony last month.

<personname w:st="on"><givenname w:st="on">Roger</givenname> <sn w:st="on">Day</sn></personname> strode alongside 600 genuine war heroes wearing a beige SAS beret and a dazzling selection of military medals and badges.

Below, what they represent

<personname w:st="on"><title w:st="on">Mr</title> <sn w:st="on">Day</sn></personname>, who wore a beige SAS beret at the parade, insisted his medals were genuine, but said the Official Secrets Act stopped him giving details. He said: 'They're all proper, pukka campaign medals. Medals I won in conflicts while I was serving with the British forces. All I can say is South Atlantic the Gulf, <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Kuwait</place></country-region> and one or two other stations.'

The medals included the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross - the highest bravery awards after the Victoria Cross - campaign awards from <country-region w:st="on">Korea</country-region> and the <place w:st="on">Falklands</place>, medals for both officers and other ranks and foreign decorations.

<personname w:st="on"><title w:st="on">Mr.</title> <sn w:st="on">Harrison</sn></personname>, a squadron leader with the RAF Volunteer Reserve and liaison officer at the Bedworth Armistice Day Parade committee, said: 'It is a ridiculous, ludicrous combination of medals which is unheard of.'

<personname w:st="on"><title w:st="on">Mr.</title> <sn w:st="on">Day</sn></personname> also denied being confronted at the parade and admitting he was a fake. He said: 'I saw it out to its bitter end and then went drinking with some ex-SAS buddies.'

But it emerged last night that he was once thrown out of his local pub after being accused of pretending to be an SAS hero.

One regular at The Plough said: 'One of the lads who was a soldier pulled him up on it because no one from the regiment would ever wear an official pin badge in a non-military capacity.

'He started getting very jittery and aggressive and started threatening to prove his SAS skills. At this point I grabbed him and asked him to leave.

'He was very scared and looked like he was about to cry, saying, "Sorry, sorry, I won't do it again" and whimpering. He left with his tail between his legs.'

<givenname w:st="on">Graham</givenname> <sn w:st="on">Gittings</sn>, vicar at the local church, where <personname w:st="on"><title w:st="on">Mr.</title> <sn w:st="on">Day</sn></personname> was married three years ago, said: 'I do not think he is pretending. There are pictures of him in the armed forces in his home and he has given talks to church groups about war and peace.'

Hinckley Ex-Servicemen's Club has launched an investigation. <personname w:st="on">Secretary <givenname w:st="on">Paul</givenname> <sn w:st="on">Savage</sn></personname> said: 'If he has been wearing medals he is not entitled to he will be facing a £1,000 fine and he will be thrown out of the club.

'Most members consider it disgusting for someone to wear medals that do not belong to them. It makes a mockery of everything.'