howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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many of you wil be aware that the anniversary is next saturday the 23rd april.
there will be a ceremony at st james' church followed by another at the town hall where the zeebrugge bell is situated.
there is a 70 piece band from belgium coming over especially so promises to be a notable event.
our town council have full details on their website.
Brian Dixon
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thanks for the heads up alert howard.
Terry Nunn
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"our town council have full details on their website."
Well perhaps you could give me a link Howard, coz I can't find it! I'm obviously not looking in the right place.
Terry
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Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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On further reflection, if it is in St James' church then it's all into the White Horse after!!!!!
Terry
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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no good at links terry.
Zeebrugge Raid Commemoration
DOVER TOWN COUNCIL
ZEEBRUGGE RAID COMMEMORATION
SATURDAY 23rd APRIL 2011
The 93rd Anniversary of the Dover Patrol's heroic and historic raid on Zeebrugge on St George's Day 1918 will be commemorated on Saturday 23rd April 2011 with ceremonies at St James' Cemetery and The Zeebrugge Bell at Dover Town Hall.
The parade participants, accompanied by the Town Mayor of Dover, the Mayors of Deal and Folkestone and a civic party including serving members of the Armed Forces, local ex-service organisations and representatives from Belgium, will proceed to St James' Cemetery for a short service and placing of the wreaths at the Zeebrugge Memorial, near to the grave of Admiral Lord Keyes, who planned and led the daring raid, and the graves of many of the gallant Marines and Sailors who lost their lives. This year we will be honoured to include a band from Belgium of some 70 members who will play at St James Cemetery and before the War Memorial outside the Town Council office, Maison Dieu House.
It was a most inspiring episode in recent British and Belgian history. Despite the terrible loss of life, the history books show that the Zeebrugge Raid had a significant influence in hastening the end of the First World War.
After the ceremony at St James' Cemetery, the parade will return to Dover Town Hall, where a brief service will take place, including the 'time-honoured' ringing of the Zeebrugge Bell at noon.
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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The point I was making Howard was that the press release has obviously pre-empted the website as it's not there. Also, you confused the church and the cemetery. I was being jocular about the WH.
Terry
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Jan Higgins
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Howard, copy and paste, even I can manage that.
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Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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Thanks Maggie. Silly me, I assumed it would be under "Events".
Terry
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Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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Thanks Terry, absolutely brilliant -
1938 March, Dover seafront in the sunshine and a large company of folk dancers very enthusiastic, good film and sound, very interesting to watch.
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Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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Thanks Kath, if only it could happen again!
Terry
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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well terry, all i can say is that a year after that war broke out in europe.
that happened without any help from our morris dancers too.
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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I expect that they were all bewildered that there was no kiosk where they could ask about Dover.
Terry
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Alec Sheldon
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I have not been down to the western end of the seafront for some time but just past the toilets(are they opened yet)? there was a memorial to the Zeebrugge raid and a plaque remembering the raid.
It was in the form of a couple of anchors (in my mind anyway) but the memorial said "these are grappling irons used in the raid on Zeebrugge".
Grappling irons, to me anyway, are hooks that were thrown aboard sailing ships in in pirate days to draw ships together so that they could plunder. The ones on the seafront would need a crane to pick them up never mind throw them.
Have the local historians on here any answers and are they still there.
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This is the grappling iron outside Maison Dieu House and the legend on the plaque commences:
"This grappling iron is one of many used by the British Sailors and Royal Marines to hold HMS Vindictive against the Mole during the Raid on Zeebrugge on the 23rd April 1918."
HMS Vindictive on her way back from Zeebrugge:
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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and whats left of the vindictive is on display in ostend.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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we were royally entertained by the talented band that came over from belgium, the bottom shot gives an idea of the age range.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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one of the many military representatives there earlier.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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all the dignitaries ready for the two minute silence.
