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Remembrance Sunday 13th November 2016 |
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Burghfield & District Branch of The
Royal British Legion |
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Pictures
by kind permission of K.M Butler |
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The
Remembrance Parade & Church Service,
held on a lovely, clear, sunny
Remembrance Sunday, was attended by
record numbers of young and old and
every year it seems to gain in
significance. There were more than
500 in St Mary’s Church and many of
them marched from the Hatch Gate and
back again. |
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The
Royal British Legion, regular Army
and Royal Air Force were
represented, along with the Rt Hon
John Redwood, MP, the Army and RAF
Cadets, Explorers, Scouts, Guides,
Brownies, Cubs and Beavers and a
Chinook helicopter from RAF Odiham
flew low over the churchyard as the
wreaths were laid. |
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Major
John Steeds, President of the
Burghfield & District Branch of the
Royal British Legion said “There
will always be solemn moments when
older individuals remember those who
made the ultimate sacrifice or were
seriously wounded. But it is
particularly important that the
young are also very much part of
this annual remembrance.” |
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During
the special Commemoration Service
the 37 names of local villagers, who
sacrificed their lives in World War
I, were read out. |
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The
Reverend Dr Anthony Peabody, who is
the Chaplain to the Burghfield and
District British Legion, commented
“It is always a moving occasion, to
remember those who gave their lives
in service of their country so that
we might have the lives we have
now”. |
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The
service was taken by Reverend Alison
Jones and the Reverend Dr Anthony
Peabody, and the parade was
organised by Lt. Col. Bruce Neeves,
Parade Commander, of the Burghfield
Branch of the Royal British Legion,
who observed that he hoped the
parade would be a successful and
memorable one, in memory of all
those men and boys who gave their
lives one hundred years ago in the
Battle of the Somme. We also
remember the lives of all the
fallen, especially those from our
local villages. |
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Pictures
by kind permission of K.M Butler |
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Newbury Weekly News -
Thursday November 2016 |
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