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Remembrance Sunday 12th November 2017 |
Burghfield & District Branch of The
Royal British Legion |
Pictures
by kind permission of K.M Butler |
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Over
750 people attended the Burghfield &
District Royal British Legion Parade
on a sunny but chilly Remembrance
Sunday this year at Burghfield St
Mary’s Church.
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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Rt Hon
John Redwood said “In Burghfield
many people came to the outdoor
ceremony of wreath laying at the War
Memorial in the churchyard before
attending the service in a crowded
church. The march to the Church was
well attended, as was the Parade
review on the way back after the
service.” |
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During
the special Commemoration Service
the 37 names of Burghfield
villagers, who sacrificed their
lives in World War I, were read out
by members of Willink School, the
Air Cadet Force, the Air Training
Corp, the Scouts, Girl Guides and
members of the Royal British Legion. |
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The
Reverend Dr Anthony Peabody, who is
the Chaplain to the Burghfield and
District Branch of the Royal British
Legion, commented “The parade at
Burghfield seemed to have grown yet
again, and one of the serving
officers remarked that he had never
seen so many uniformed young people
in one place before.” |
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The
service was taken by the Reverend
Glynn Lautenbach, Priest-in-Charge
of St Mary’s, the Reverend John
Foley from St Oswald’s and the
Reverend Dr Anthony Peabody, and the
parade was organised by Lt. Col.
Bruce Neeves, Parade Commander, of
the Burghfield & District Branch of
the Royal British Legion. |
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Pictures
by kind permission of K.M Butler |
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Newbury Weekly News -
Thursday November 2017 |
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