Chairman of Dover District Council, Cllr Bernard Butcher, with the Kent Branch of the Merchant Navy Association, is organising a special service at Dover Town Hall for Merchant Navy Day on Friday 3 September and all are welcome to attend.
Standard bearers will march into the Town Hall from 10am, where there will be a Service of Celebration. This will be followed by an address from the Chairman of the Kent Branch of the Merchant Navy Association and a closing address from the Chairman of Dover District Council.
An official wreath laying ceremony for civic heads, standard bearers, Merchant Navy Association representatives, and other members of the community is also being held at the Merchant Navy War Memorial on Dover seafront from 11.15am.
For more information on the Merchant Navy Day service, call the Secretary to the Chairman at Dover District Council on 01304 872003.