Tomorrow at 11am.What will you be doing?

Owen · 10-11-2006, 11:22 AM

Tomorrow at 11 o'clock rather than go to The Cenotaph in town we're going up to Radnor Street Cemetery for a small service and then the children will put crosses on the graves.
It's been organised by my friend Mark Sutton (who has written a book on Swindon's Great war dead) and his father.
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_...y=45438&mode=1

Swindon's Battle of Britain pilot is buried there, Harold Starr.
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_...sualty=2710272

Just wondered what other members will be doing?
I know of two that are already in Belgium.
As Remembrance is down to the individual, am I prying too much?

Kyt · 10-11-2006, 11:42 AM

Will be visiting a small memorial close to where I live. Unlike the two main memorials in Bristol, this one seems a little forgotten (and shouldn't be).

http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show...UkniwmSearch/1

spidge · 10-11-2006, 12:29 PM

My daughter will be playing netball however they have a minutes silence at 11.00am.

Peter Clare · 10-11-2006, 12:44 PM

I shall remember at home, but on Sunday morning I shall attend the service at the Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede.

10-11-2006, 08:04 PM

Afraid I shall be on the puter trying to locate lots of government material on Derwent Valley and the closure of it's reservoir roads at weekends. I wish I could get somewhere, but university has to come first. But shall have my poppy badge attached and will remember when I can get a few minutes.

lancesergeant · 11-11-2006, 02:35 AM

At the end of the day it is down to the individual. Whether one attends a service, a gathering at a war memorial or even just sitting it at home in solemn contemplation of the sacrifice it has achieved it's purpose - rememberance.

52nd Airborne · 11-11-2006, 04:20 PM

I shall be at work!

Cpl Rootes · 11-11-2006, 06:56 PM

On Sunday i am going on parade at Toft, a small village near Comberton. Will be with ACF and Army from Bassingbourne

Owen · 11-11-2006, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lancesergeant

At the end of the day it is down to the individual. Whether one attends a service, a gathering at a war memorial or even just sitting it at home in solemn contemplation of the sacrifice it has achieved it's purpose - rememberance.

I totally agree, just wondered what other members were doing.
I wasn't trying for any one-up-manship, just curiosity.

ErikH · 12-11-2006, 01:08 AM

I was watching the Remembrance ceremony at Confederation Square [in Ottawa] on TV.

I don't know if anyone has seen this ceremony before... it's pretty neat. At the end after the parade, people place their poppeys on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

10-11-2006, 11:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,065	Tomorrow at 11am.What will you be doing? Tomorrow at 11 o'clock rather than go to The Cenotaph in town we're going up to Radnor Street Cemetery for a small service and then the children will put crosses on the graves. It's been organised by my friend Mark Sutton (who has written a book on Swindon's Great war dead) and his father. http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_...y=45438&mode=1 Swindon's Battle of Britain pilot is buried there, Harold Starr. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_...sualty=2710272 Just wondered what other members will be doing? I know of two that are already in Belgium. As Remembrance is down to the individual, am I prying too much? Last edited by Owen; 10-11-2006 at 11:38 AM.

10-11-2006, 12:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,068	My daughter will be playing netball however they have a minutes silence at 11.00am. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

11-11-2006, 04:20 PM	#7 (permalink)
52nd Airborne Very Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Looking for a Landing Zone Posts: 1,284	I shall be at work! __________________ *52nd Airborne.* Remembering the fallen from the 5th Hampshire Regiment and The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

11-11-2006, 06:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
Cpl Rootes Very Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: With Puff the Magic Dragon, living by the sea Posts: 1,054	On Sunday i am going on parade at Toft, a small village near Comberton. Will be with ACF and Army from Bassingbourne __________________ Regards, Alex http://rootsie.wordpress.com/

12-11-2006, 01:08 AM	#10 (permalink)
ErikH Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 162	I was watching the Remembrance ceremony at Confederation Square [in Ottawa] on TV. I don't know if anyone has seen this ceremony before... it's pretty neat. At the end after the parade, people place their poppeys on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. __________________

10-11-2006, 12:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
Peter Clare Legendary Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Windsor UK Posts: 5,244	I shall remember at home, but on Sunday morning I shall attend the service at the Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede.

10-11-2006, 08:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
Kitty Guest Posts: n/a	Afraid I shall be on the puter trying to locate lots of government material on Derwent Valley and the closure of it's reservoir roads at weekends. I wish I could get somewhere, but university has to come first. But shall have my poppy badge attached and will remember when I can get a few minutes.

11-11-2006, 02:35 AM	#6 (permalink)
lancesergeant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 781	At the end of the day it is down to the individual. Whether one attends a service, a gathering at a war memorial or even just sitting it at home in solemn contemplation of the sacrifice it has achieved it's purpose - rememberance.

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