Chris_Baker Posted 16 April , 2003 Share Posted 16 April , 2003 Gallipoli Day/ANZAC Day 2003 There is a service near you! All of this info has kindly been supplied by forum member michaeldr THURSDAY 24 April HAREFIELD 1500 hrs at St. Mary the Virgin Preacher, the Australian High Commissioner Michael L'Estrange The service leads to a wreath laying ceremony at the ANZAC Cemetery and concludes with refreshments at the Church Hall FRIDAY 25 April LONDON 0500 for 0515 hrs in Battersea Park at the Anzac bronze bas relief close to the RAAF Memorial Stone. Further info: Wandsworth Borough Council Events Office tel: 020 7223 6241 0915 for 0930 hrs in the Crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral at the Gallipoli Memorial Short service and wreath laying by The Gallipoli Association including representatives from the governments of U.K., Australia, New Zealand and France 1030 for 1100 hrs at The Cenotaph, Whitehall Two minutes silence and short service, plus parade 1140 for 1200 hrs at Westminster Abbey Annual ANZAC Day service CHEPSTOW 1100 hrs at Beaufort Square in the centre of Chepstow RNA wreath laying ceremony at the memorial to Seaman Williams VC of 'River Clyde' fame CHILWORTH 1600 hrs at St. Martha's on the Hill (the church stands alone on the North Downs above Chilworth just east of Guildford.) The Freyberg family invite other to join them for a service MORAYSHIRE 1000 hrs at the Dallachy Strike Wing Memorial, Bogmoor, Morayshire Wreath laying ceremony The memorial is situated beside the B9104 running south from Spey Bay to Fochabers EDINBURGH 1200 hrs at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle Further info from the Royal British Legion tel: 0131 557 2782 PETERBOROUGH 1430 hrs in Broadway Cemetery at 'the lonely Anzac' grave of Sergeant Hunter The ceremony will be attended by the Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, the Mayor of Peterborough, other dignitaries and ex-service associations OXFORD 1830 hrs in St. John's College Chapel, St. John's (entrance from St. Giles) Further info from Duncan McGillivray e-mail: duncan.mcgillivray@st-johns.oxford.ac.uk SHAFTESBURY 1500 hrs at War Memorial Park Walk, Shaftesbury Memorial service and wreath laying SUTTON VENY 1030 hrs at the Church of St. John the Evangelist Children from Sutton Veny School will lay flowers on the graves of 143 Australian servicemen and nurses buried here Also please note Since 1919 a Service of Commemoration has been held here and this year it takes place at 1500 hrs on Sunday 27 April SUNDAY 27 April BROCKENHURST 1445 hrs Inspection of participating contingents 1500 hrs Service at the New Zealand Memorial, St. Nicholas' Churchyard Children will place flowers by the headstones of 94 Australian and New Zealand servicemen BURY 1045 hrs Parade forms up at the Drill Hall, before marching to the Church for the Gallipoli Commemoration Service commencing at 1145 hrs Wreaths will then be laid at the War Memorial followed by a march led by the Fusiliers Association Band and drums Further info from Heather Wilson, Admin Officer, RRF HQ Lancs., Wellington Barracks, Bolton Road, Bury, BL8 2PL CAMBRIDGE 1500 hrs at Church of St. Andrew the Great, Lion Yard, St. Andrew's Street Service arranged by the Cambridge Branch of the Britain Australia Society CANNOCK CHASE 1000 for 1030 hrs at the War Cemetery, Brocton, Cannock Chase The largest service outside of Australia or New Zealand with about 150 Standards from all over the country CARISBROOKE 1445 for 1500 hrs at Hero's Corner of the Mount Joy Cemetery Wreath laying ceremony to those who fell at Gallipoli FAKENHAM 1500 hrs at Fakenham Parish Church The Norfolk Branch of the Britain-Australia Society extend a very warm invitation to attend their Anzac Day Service LEIGHTERTON 1500 hrs at the Cemetery of this south Cotswold village where 23 men from Australia and New Zealand are buried, all killed while training during WWI Note: service is preceded by a Parade at Leighterton School to be inspected by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire Sir Henry Elwes Weather permitting, there will be a fly-past of vintage aircraft ST ALBANS 1500 hrs at Hatfield Road Cemetery, a Service of Commemoration for 200 war dead at rest there STAPLEFORD 1130 hrs at St. Helen's in Stapleford, Nottingham Service arranged by the RMA (Notts Branch) followed by wreath laying at the grave of Walter Parker VC., a Gallipoli veteran Guest of Honour will be Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Beverley KCB, RM WALTON ON THAMES 1815 hrs The Parade commences 1830 hrs The Anzac Service in St. Mary's Church, Church Street Since 1920 a service has been held to commemorate especially the 27,000 wounded soldiers from New Zealand who were treated at the Mount Felix Hospital during WWI WARRINGTON 1615 hrs at Soldiers' Corner, Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Road Short service and wreath laying, remembering Gallipoli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 16 April , 2003 Share Posted 16 April , 2003 I would like to thank Chris for promptly posting this info which I believe will be useful to many members of this forum and I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge that the work behind this list not my own: I am merely a transcriber. In fact this list is taken from an 8 page booklet which is produced annually for this occasion by David R. Saunders MBE and distributed with Spring edition of 'The Gallipolian' which he edits on behalf of The Gallipoli Association. There is a link to that association's web site via 'Links' on this site's home page. I hope that you will find this info to be of use and that as many of you as possible will take this opportunity to remember those who were involved in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915. Michael D.R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenbecker Posted 16 April , 2003 Share Posted 16 April , 2003 I must have missed something while on exchange in the UK on Anzac Day many years ago. The regiment I was with didn't know anything about this? But I surpose the Blues and Royals were not invovled so wouldn't have. I do remember being not allowed to enter the British Leigon Club (up from Combermere Barracks in Windsor) because I was an Australian Soldier and not British. Kept up the good work Lest we forget S.B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarechurch Posted 17 April , 2003 Share Posted 17 April , 2003 It is good to have the list of Anzac Services taking place in the UK. Regarding the notice concerning Brockenhurst, to put the record straight, there are 93 New Zealand Expeditionary Force men and 1 Australian buried in the cemetery. This year, The New Zealand High Commissioner, Russell Marshall, will be attending the service. Clare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 21 April , 2003 Share Posted 21 April , 2003 Clare, Many thanks for that additional info about the NZEF numbers at Brockenhurst. I have brought it to the attention of David Saunders and no doubt he will include it in next year's booklet All the best Michael D.R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted 24 April , 2003 Share Posted 24 April , 2003 Having looked at the comments about Anzac Day in the past two weeks, I'm very glad to know that this day will not just be commemmorated in Australia & New Zealand, but also in many other parts of the world. I'm heading off to my local Dawn Service tomorrow morning, and I hope that those that can, will be able to take part in any services that may be near them. Cheers Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 25 April , 2003 Share Posted 25 April , 2003 Just to add one more that usually gets overlooked: The annual Gallipoli memorial service in Burnley, Lancashire takes place this Sunday (27th April) at St.Peter's Parish Church at 10.15am, followed by a buffet at the Kierby Hotel. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zijde26 Posted 27 April , 2003 Share Posted 27 April , 2003 A belgian newspaper brings this weekend a photograph of this commemoration, i.e "the landing on the shores of Gallipoli". Interested members can receive a scan of this photograph. Gilbert Deraedt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 27 April , 2003 Share Posted 27 April , 2003 Dave, Many thanks for posting the info re Burnley; I hope that all went well this morning Thanks also to Kate Wills who e-mailed me regarding the Northants Branch of the WFA who attended the 9 Australian graves in the Towcester Road Cemetery, Northampton on Anzac Day, remembering those men and their sacrifice by planting crosses/poppies As with Clare's post, I will pass all this info on to Dave Saunders and hopefully he can extend next year's listings to include these details too Thanks to Gilbert who I have e-mailed direct and to all of you who have shown an interest in this anniversary Best Regards Michael D.R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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