 Wivenhoe's
Annual Service of Remembrance - Sunday 13th November, 2005 Come to Wivenhoe's Annual Service of Remembrance organised by the Royal British Legion Wivenhoe Branch, joining with our MP, Town and Ward Councillors, and a great many others in a traditional Act of Remembrance. This year the Service will be held in St Mary's Church on Sunday, 13th November, 2005, starting at 2.30pm. The Legion will be very pleased if you would first join them in a procession from the Congregational Church to St Mary's leaving the Congregational Church at 2pm. This procession will be led by the Colchester Boys Brigade Band. The Service will be followed at 3.30pm by standing around the War Memorial to hear read out the names of those Wivenhoe people who died in conflicts in the last century. An innovation this year is an invitation from the Town Council and the British Legion for everybody to come to the Wm Loveless Hall afterwards for refreshments. Last year, we had a wonderful gathering of people at the Service, with many Chairmen of Wivenhoe organisations responding to the invitations they had received from the Wivenhoe Branch of the British Legion. They were joined too by many more people who just responded to the general invitation to come and participate in a Service of Remembrance. This occasion is not just to remember the lives and the ultimate sacrifice paid by
Wivenhoe people in the conflicts of the last century, so that they will
not be forgotten, but a time to also reflect upon the continuing tragedy of war
which continues in so many parts of the world today. Then there are those
who have been killed or injured at the hands Can we say, and show, that the people of Wivenhoe really do care by turning out for this Service. Hopefully, one day, this will become a day when we will be able to
celebrate peace in the world. A great many of Wivenhoe’s young people too will be standing around the War Memorial following their Act of Remembrance that has been taking place in the Wm Loveless Hall now for the past several years. During their own Service in the Wm Loveless Hall, they will be expressing their thoughts about war and their hopes for peace. See picture below. All Wivenhoe youngsters are invited to this Act of Remembrance which starts at 2.30pm. The War Memorial Fund, launched in May by then Town Mayor Cllr Peter Hill and Pastor Patrick Baxter, Chairman of the Royal British Legion has raised around £4,000 to refurbish the base surrounding the War Memorial. For more details of the Fund, click here. Grateful thanks are due to everyone who contributed to this Fund and especially to those who came to a Dinner hosted by the 7th Parachute Regiment in the Officers Mess that raised £2,750 (click here for report). The surplus once all costs are known will be donated to Halsey House, a care home run by the Royal British Legion at Cromer.
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