Service of Remembrance at Grove Academy Friday 9 October 2012

Rev Brian Talbot

On Friday morning I attended the annual service of remembrance at Grove Academy. As this was a continuous Professional Development (CPD) day at Grove, it was mainly teachers and a handful of senior pupils who were joined by clergy from Ferry Churches and Councillor Kevin Cordell and me.

The service was led at the memorial by Rev Dr Brian Talbot minister at the Baptist Church in The Ferry. After the laying of the wreaths, we went into the hall for the remainder of the service. In a short address, Rev Graham Taylor focused on former pupil Brian Murphy, who died thirty years ago during the Falklands War. Brian had been Deputy Flight Commander on HMS Ardent.

At the school's annual prize giving, a Brian Murphy Trophy is presented to two pupils who have tried hardest, but whose achievement might not normally be recognised.
This was a moving service of remembrance.