The Front Page. - Copy 131 ( War Memorial Project, DTC Remembrance Sun details)
13 October 2010
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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY SERVICE & PARADE DOVER WAR MEMORIAL
At 11.00am on Sunday 14 November 2010, 92 years on from the signing of the Armistice in 1918, homage will be paid to those who died during the two world wars and in other more recent 20th and 21st century conflicts, including tribute to the many hundreds of Dover men and women who gave their lives in the service of their country. This year, as last year, the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have been brought into our homes in graphic detail and continue to cost the lives of British Service Men and Women.
The parade, organised again this year by the Town Council, will assemble by Marks & Spencer in Biggin Street at 10.30am and will proceed to the War Memorial in front of the Dover Town Council Offices, where it will be joined by the Town Mayor of Dover, Town Councillors and civic guests. The service will commence and the two minutes silence will be observed at 11.00am. Last Post and Reveille will be played.
The Royal British Legion and representatives of many ex-service and pre-service organisations will parade with their standards led by the Sea Cadets band. At the end of the Memorial service (conducted by the Mayor’s Chaplain, Reverend David Ridley) the parade will march back through the town to Market Square where it will disperse. Councillor Mrs Susan Jones, the Town Mayor of Dover, accompanied by the civic party, will take the salute at St. Mary’s Church.
Service sheets will be available to members of the public. Priory Road will be closed temporarily from the roundabout to the Ladywell traffic lights while the service is in progress.
The events of recent years have brought the reality of war into the lives of many young people for the first time and it is important that the younger generations learn what Armistice Day means and how vital the Poppy Appeal is in helping those who survived the horrors of war. For this reason, we would like the public to be considerate and allow the area to the right of the War Memorial to be reserved for children and young people so that they can better see the service.
Any individual or organisation wishing to lay a wreath at this Remembrance Day Service is asked to contact the Town Council Offices at the address below before 5.00pm on Tuesday 2 November 2010.
Dover Town Council. Maison Dieu House, Biggin Street, Dover CT16 1DW.
Tel 01304 242625 or email council@dovertown.co.uk.
Picture above by Colette Boland
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The following information just through from Maggie Stephenson-Knight of the Dover War Memorial Project...
We're so pleased to say that The Dover War Memorial Project has been given a Heritage Lottery Fund Grant to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the home-coming of the Unknown Warrior. His coffin was brought to Dover on 10th November 1920, and taken by train to London, where it was buried on 11th November in Westminster Abbey.
Young people in Dover, Chatham, Victoria and Westminster, London, (commemorating the route taken by the train that bore the coffin) will be taking part in educational activities at school and at Westminster Abbey. These will include accessing original sources and handling artefacts, as well as visiting the tomb of the Unknown Warrior and watching a specially-written play about the families of those who Fell in the Great War.
The activities will end on 10th November in Dover, on the exact anniversary, where St Martins Primary School pupils will be premiering a newly-composed musical. 3rd (St Martins) Dover Scout Group and 8th Dover Brownies are currently working on a stained-glass window design with a professional artist, this will form part of an exhibition that will open in Westminster Abbey on 1st November, and, after Remembrance, come to Dover before touring to other venues.
One of the aims of the Dover War Memorial Project is to help our younger generations understand the meaning of Remembrance and to learn about their forebears and their sacrifices. So we're thrilled that this grant will enable us to continue doing that, following on from the Walter Tull and Not Forgotten projects of 2008 and 2009. We're delighted to be working again with partners The City of Westminster Archives and Westminster Abbey, and to be welcoming new partners Medway Archives and The Royal Artillery (Firepower Museum, in Woolwich) along with new links to Chelsea Football Club.
This is especially poignant for me, as St Martins Primary is my old school, and many members of my family were educated there, includingmy grandad and his brothers and sisters, my uncles and cousins ...and my brother.
One of the casualties we'll be remembering is Alfred Tommy Eaves ("Tommy"), who died in October 1916. He was a former master of St Martins, much-loved and respected, and founder of the 3rd(St Martins) Dover Scouts. They meet in Eaves Hall, which was named after Tommy Eaves, as was the road, Eaves Road, in which the hall stands. If anyone is a relative of Tommy Eaves or of Cecil Percy John Bromley, who is the other Dover casualty we’re featuring this time, we would love to hear from them. Also, if anyone can remember Mrs Eaves, Tommy's wife, who taught at St Martins for many years after his death and was a vice-president of the Old Boys' Association do please let us know too. Ends.
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This information just through from DOVER TOWN COUNCIL
about the upcoming services in November. It explains the plans in detail but also please note that if anyone wants to lay a wreath during the big event, NOW is the time to contact the COUNCIL....read on for full details...
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY SERVICE & PARADE DOVER WAR MEMORIAL
SUNDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2010
At 11.00am on Sunday 14 November 2010, 92 years on from the signing of the Armistice in 1918, homage will be paid to those who died during the two world wars and in other more recent 20th and 21st century conflicts, including tribute to the many hundreds of Dover men and women who gave their lives in the service of their country. This year, as last year, the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have been brought into our homes in graphic detail and continue to cost the lives of British Service Men and Women. The parade, organised again this year by the Town Council, will assemble by Marks & Spencer in Biggin Street at 10.30am and will proceed to the War Memorial in front of the Dover Town Council Offices, where it will be joined by the Town Mayor of Dover, Town Councillors and civic guests. The service will commence and the two minutes silence will be observed at 11.00am. Last Post and Reveille will be played.
The Royal British Legion and representatives of many ex-service and pre-service organisations will parade with their standards led by the Sea Cadets band. At the end of the Memorial service (conducted by the Mayor’s Chaplain, Reverend David Ridley) the parade will march back through the town to Market Square where it will disperse. Councillor Mrs Susan Jones, the Town Mayor of Dover, accompanied by the civic party, will take the salute at St. Mary’s Church.
Service sheets will be available to members of the public. Priory Road will be closed temporarily from the roundabout to the Ladywell traffic lights while the service is in progress.
The events of recent years have brought the reality of war into the lives of many young people for the first time and it is important that the younger generations learn what Armistice Day means and how vital the Poppy Appeal is in helping those who survived the horrors of war. For this reason, we would like the public to be considerate and allow the area to the right of the War Memorial to be reserved for children and young people so that they can better see the service.
Any individual or organisation wishing to lay a wreath at this Remembrance Day Service is asked to contact the Town Council Offices at the address below before 5.00pm on Tuesday 2 November 2010.
Dover Town Council. Maison Dieu House, Biggin Street, Dover CT16 1DW.
Tel 01304 242625 or email council@dovertown.co.uk.
Picture above by Colette Boland
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Grave of the Unknown Warrior.
Picture by Simon Chambers.
The following information just through from Maggie Stephenson-Knight of the Dover War Memorial Project...
We're so pleased to say that The Dover War Memorial Project has been given a Heritage Lottery Fund Grant to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the home-coming of the Unknown Warrior. His coffin was brought to Dover on 10th November 1920, and taken by train to London, where it was buried on 11th November in Westminster Abbey.
Young people in Dover, Chatham, Victoria and Westminster, London, (commemorating the route taken by the train that bore the coffin) will be taking part in educational activities at school and at Westminster Abbey. These will include accessing original sources and handling artefacts, as well as visiting the tomb of the Unknown Warrior and watching a specially-written play about the families of those who Fell in the Great War.
The activities will end on 10th November in Dover, on the exact anniversary, where St Martins Primary School pupils will be premiering a newly-composed musical. 3rd (St Martins) Dover Scout Group and 8th Dover Brownies are currently working on a stained-glass window design with a professional artist, this will form part of an exhibition that will open in Westminster Abbey on 1st November, and, after Remembrance, come to Dover before touring to other venues. One of the aims of the Dover War Memorial Project is to help our younger generations understand the meaning of Remembrance and to learn about their forebears and their sacrifices. So we're thrilled that this grant will enable us to continue doing that, following on from the Walter Tull and Not Forgotten projects of 2008 and 2009. We're delighted to be working again with partners The City of Westminster Archives and Westminster Abbey, and to be welcoming new partners Medway Archives and The Royal Artillery (Firepower Museum, in Woolwich) along with new links to Chelsea Football Club.
This is especially poignant for me, as St Martins Primary is my old school, and many members of my family were educated there, includingmy grandad and his brothers and sisters, my uncles and cousins ...and my brother.
One of the casualties we'll be remembering is Alfred Tommy Eaves ("Tommy"), who died in October 1916. He was a former master of St Martins, much-loved and respected, and founder of the 3rd(St Martins) Dover Scouts. They meet in Eaves Hall, which was named after Tommy Eaves, as was the road, Eaves Road, in which the hall stands. If anyone is a relative of Tommy Eaves or of Cecil Percy John Bromley, who is the other Dover casualty we’re featuring this time, we would love to hear from them. Also, if anyone can remember Mrs Eaves, Tommy's wife, who taught at St Martins for many years after his death and was a vice-president of the Old Boys' Association do please let us know too. Ends.
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Previous feature on the new shops now in All Recent Features. All features go into this archive.
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to be a member and spend many happy hours chattering away in the busy
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