trenchwalker Posted 14 October , 2003 Share Posted 14 October , 2003 well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gem22 Posted 14 October , 2003 Share Posted 14 October , 2003 Trench This is a brief outline to my Rememberance Sunday. At 10.00 I will assemble, with the rest of the mobile members of our branch of the Royal British Legion, outside the village ex_servicemen's Club. At 10.15 we will march off to church; and I will be one of the escorts to the Standard. At the church the Standard bearers and escorts, together with the Standard bearer and escorts for the Women's section RBL, and various uniformed organisations, will form an honour guard for the congregation. Inside the church we will have our Service of Rememberance, culminating in a Last Post ceremony at 11.00, and I will lay a wreath and assist in the collection. After the ceremony in church we assemble at the village war memorial to lay more wreaths. Those members of the Legion who are still able to march will escort the Standard back to the ex-Servicemen's club. After a swift half it's time to dash home, grab a bite to eat, get changed into scruff order, and get down to the village Leisure centre. Starting at about 13.30 hours we have to lay out around 300 chairs ready for our Rememberance Sunday band concert. Once the chairs are laid out I'll help the Standard bearer set out the holders for the Stanards that will attend the concert; usually between 15 and 20; and then help put up a large Poppy over the bandstand. Home about 16.00 for a shower a bite to eat and back down the Leisure centre for 18.30 to help greet our guests; including a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. Various duties to perform and maybe listen to the band concert. Hopefully finish about 22.00 maybe 22.30 and go home for a 'well earned' nip of the amber nectar. Add to that various duties involved with the Poppy Appeal and my Rememberance Sunday will finish around midday on Wednesday 12/11/03. Just in time to be elected as Poppy Appeal organiser at our branch AGM on Wednesday evening. By the way I'm no spring chicken I'll be 60 next year but our present Poppy Appeal organiser is 75 so he makes me feel young. By the way what will you be doing? Garth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchwalker Posted 14 October , 2003 Author Share Posted 14 October , 2003 i will be at the milestones event in basinstoke were we will be living a ww1 in the late victorian town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john w. Posted 14 October , 2003 Share Posted 14 October , 2003 Will be at the remembrance service in my village in Essex...Quiet yet still poignant... Would love to be at the Menin gate that day.... John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 14 October , 2003 Share Posted 14 October , 2003 well Yes, thanks. On the Sunday, I'll be quietly paying my respects, in a non-religious way, at one of the four war memorials that I am researching. I anticipate that this year, it'll be the Cheadle Hulme one and I'll be particularly remembering 2nd Lt Philip Davis, Manchester Regiment, who died on that day in 1918. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain mchenry Posted 14 October , 2003 Share Posted 14 October , 2003 I will be under the Menin Gate paying my respects. Especially remembering a good friend of mine, WO2 Colin Wall Royal Military Police, KIA Basra, Iraq, 23 August 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttd0 Posted 14 October , 2003 Share Posted 14 October , 2003 Not confirmed yet but probably be putting my uniform on and marching through town to the church with my unit and then onto the war memorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 14 October , 2003 Share Posted 14 October , 2003 At the war memorial in Leamington Spa, where after the service my children always leave a little wooden cross each, in memory of their two great great uncles who died and their three serving great grandfathers who thankfully did not. Private Gabriel Townsend, 5th KSLI, Bellewaarde, 25 September 1915. Private Jim McSloy, 14th Northumberland Fusiliers, Bailleul, 16 January 1916. Private Will Townsend, 5th KSLI. Sergeant Tom McSloy, 3rd Durham Field Company, RE. Gunner Frank Wilson, RFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Seymour Posted 14 October , 2003 Share Posted 14 October , 2003 As usual I will laying a Wreath on behalf of our Local History Society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Maier Posted 14 October , 2003 Share Posted 14 October , 2003 I shall be feeling glad that the world wars are over, and hoping it's for ever. I shall be feeling sorry that we still see organised lethal violence as a way of resolving problems. I shall be regretful that I feel out of place at a memorial because I don't want to be involved in religious observances. I shall think again about the lost lives, the inexcusable pain, the marvels of art, science, technology and sport that were never conceived, the meetings that never happened, the people that were never born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Coulson Posted 14 October , 2003 Share Posted 14 October , 2003 Remembering. Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 14 October , 2003 Share Posted 14 October , 2003 I'll be in Ypres on 10-11 November; hope to see some of you there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 14 October , 2003 Share Posted 14 October , 2003 Our local vicar, whose grandfather I researched, asked me to recite a well known poem, yes you guessed it, after the two minutes silence. My wife has persuaded me to don suit and medals for the occasion, for the very first time I might add. I will be thinking of my great uncle Bob Mason, who fell at Delville Wood, and who has no known grave. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hill 60 Posted 14 October , 2003 Share Posted 14 October , 2003 I'll be in Ypres on 10-11 November; hope to see some of you there. Same for Jean, my parents and little ol' me Will be at the Menin Gate on the 11th (followed by a visit to my great uncle's, Edward 'Ted' Swain, grave at menin Road South) and hopefully at the grave of Ted's brother (William 'Fat' Swain) in Holnon on the Sunday, we will be the first members of the family to visit his grave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted 15 October , 2003 Share Posted 15 October , 2003 I will be taking part in our local parade and service. The only difference this year will be that after 31 years with the Canadian army reserves, I retired in June and transferred to the Cadet Instructors Cadre.This time around I will be with the local cadet corps instead of my old battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted 15 October , 2003 Share Posted 15 October , 2003 I'll be at Monument Hill in Fremantle. The cenotaph & hill overlooks the city & port of Fremantle where many of the troopships left in WW1 & WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted 15 October , 2003 Share Posted 15 October , 2003 I'll be at the service at our local church followed by wreath laying at the war memorial for the nearby villages. In the afternoon a quiet walk around the military cemetery near the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevew Posted 15 October , 2003 Share Posted 15 October , 2003 Remembering all those who gave their lives for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
182 CEF Posted 15 October , 2003 Share Posted 15 October , 2003 On Tuesday Nov. 11th I will be at the site of CAMP X here in Whitby Ontario. Camp X was the site where in WW2 BSC,SOE and OSS trained for missions behind enemy lines during WW2. Many of these people, whose names are unknown went "Missing" after beening dropped behind the lines. After the Ceremony my Historical Society ( the Camp X Historical Society) will have a display and "Meet and Greet" open to anyone that cares to go. We hope to have several enigma machines as well as aritifacts that I have recovered from the camp site. It isn't WW1, However we Consider that Nov 11th is for ALL Soldiers from all Wars. If anyione is interested check out our website at www.campxhistoricalsocietyca Thank you Dean Owen Whitby Ontario Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
182 CEF Posted 15 October , 2003 Share Posted 15 October , 2003 Sorry, I made a mistake on the Camp X website ( forgot the period) it should read www.campxhistoricalsociety.ca Thanks Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nshighlander Posted 15 October , 2003 Share Posted 15 October , 2003 Well As far as I know.Sunday 9 Nov the county I live in(Pictou County) has a parade and I well be playing with the 1Nova Scotia highlanders Pipes and Drums.(Is it just me or does anyone else see the Vets now are all Korean War Vets.Very Sad).On Nov 11 I should be posted to the 2ND Royal Canadian Reg pipes and drums for a service somewhere in NB.Where ever I am I well be Remembering them.Where ever you are I hope there well be alot of kids with you to share the service. Cheers Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordac Posted 15 October , 2003 Share Posted 15 October , 2003 On Remembrance Day I will be paying my respects to all those who served at the rededicated cenotaph in downtown Vancouver. My congratulations to the three Canadian Pals for being actively involved in their local services on this important day. Well done guys. Garth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted 15 October , 2003 Share Posted 15 October , 2003 I will be travelling from Canada to visit the Menin Gate. I was there last year and as far as Im concerned there is no better place to be on Nov 11. I was amazed to find out about the nightly tribute to the fallen soldiers that occures there. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted 16 October , 2003 Share Posted 16 October , 2003 For the first time I will be at the Remembrance Sunday service at St. Nicholas Church in Godstone, Surrey on November 9th. This certainly will be a most moving experience for me, because I have come to feel very much a part of Godstone, and certainly have almost learned the names of the 51 soldiers killed in the Great War by heart. I am not sure what the rest of the day holds in Godstone, but I believe that the British Legion will lay a wreath at the War Memorial in the churchyard. On November 11th I will be at the Cenotaph for the first time as well, and then on to the WFA luncheon. Since I became avidly interested in the Great War over four years ago, I have wanted to attend these ceremonies. This year I determined that I would do it, and know that it will be a memorable experience. Cynthia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted 16 October , 2003 Share Posted 16 October , 2003 I'll be with Cynthia (and Kate, and whoever else) at the Cenotaph and luncheon following on the 11th. Maybe off to the IWM, too. For me, as well, this is the realisation of a dream and the fulfillment of a long-felt need. On Sunday I'll be remembering, imagining, and keeping the hope alive that our species may finally evolve beyond the need for war. Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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