Remembrance Day Service at Grove Academy

This morning I attended the Grove Academy Remembrance Service at 11am at the school's war memorial adjacent to the main entrance.

The short service was led by the chaplaincy team with a pupil trumpeter playing the last post and a young piper the haunting lament. Staff and pupil representatives joined in a thoughtful service, particularly drawing attention to the Grove FPs who died in two world wars and subsequent conflicts.

This year had added poignancy because of the centenary of the outbreak of World War One in 1914. At a personal level, it was brought closer to home following my visit to Flanders in July when my wife and I attended the daily act of commemoration at the Menin Gate in Ypres.

Lest We Forget 11am on Sunday 11 November 2012

Ninety four years ago, precisely at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month of 1918 the Armistice, which brought the end to hostilities in the First World War, came into effect.

Our two minutes silence at 11:00 on Sunday 11 November 2012 "commemorates the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts"

Remembrance Day 11 November 2011

Ninety three years ago at 11 am on 11 November 1918 the Armistice, which brought the end to hostilities in the First World War, came into effect. 


Our two minutes silence at 11:00 today 
"commemorates the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts"