A service is being held at Dover Town Hall for Merchant Navy Day on Wednesday 3 September from 10.30am, followed by a wreath laying ceremony on Dover Seafront at 12 noon. The service and ceremony are being organised by the Chairman of Dover District Council, Cllr Sue Nicholas, with the Dover and District Merchant Navy Memorial Fund, and all are welcome to attend.
Standard bearers will march into the Town Hall at 10.30am, where there will be a Service of Celebration from 10.35am. The service will be followed by an address from Mr Donald Hunter, the founder of the Dover and District Merchant Navy Memorial Fund, and a closing speech from the Chairman of Dover District Council.
An official wreath laying ceremony is being held at the Merchant Navy War Memorial on Marine Parade on Dover Seafront, starting at 12 noon. The ceremony will also include the unveiling of a new dedication plaque in memory of the Norwegian sailors stationed in Dover in World War 2 who were killed. The unveiling will take place at the adjacent Royal Norwegian Garden of Remembrance, and the new plaque will be unveiled by a senior Royal Norwegian Navy Officer.
