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Tag Archives: Remembrance Day
Coulsdon war memorial adds 16 names after 104-year wait
There was a poignant ceremony conducted at a war memorial in Coulsdon last week, in conjunction with the other solemn Remembrance services. At the Marlpit Lane War Memorial, 104 years after the end of the First World War, the names … Continue reading
Croydon postman lost forever on the battlefields of France
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM: Ahead of Remembrance Sunday next week, DAVID MORGAN delves into the archives of Croydon Minster for the latest story of a casualty of World War I Percy Kent grew up in Croydon, went to a local … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Percy Kent, Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday
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We will remember them: civic ceremonies for Nov 11 and 13
Croydon Council has announced the details of the borough’s civic events for Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday next week. At 11am on Remembrance Day, Friday November 11, there will be a two-minute silence at the war memorial outside the Town … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon Minster
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday
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Officer’s distinguished service on Western and Home fronts
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM: The physical and psychological sacrifices made by all those who served, including those who survived the horrors of trench warfare, are important to recall, writes DAVID MORGAN As we outlined in last week’s column about how … Continue reading
Town Hall announces service details for Remembrance Day
As the civic authorities have done for more than 100 years, Croydon will tomorrow remember and honour those killed in service for the country in armed conflicts, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Conventions … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, History
Tagged Croydon Minster, Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday
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The double tragedy in war suffered by a wife and mother
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM: Remembrance Sunday is given over for the public to reflect on the sacrifices made by others. Here, from the roll of honour at the Minster, DAVID MORGAN recalls the lives, and deaths, of two generations of … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Henry Dunham, Remembrance Day
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‘For gallantry’: Croydon hero who died at Passchendaele
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM: On November 11, it will be the centenary of the burial of The Unknown Soldier at Westminster Abbey, an event full of symbolism about the loss of so many during the Great War. At Croydon Minster, … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Remembrance Day, Samuel Wayte
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Minster memorials that tell the terrible toll of World Wars
Croydon Parish Church, as it was once known, contains memorials to service personnel who died serving their country. DAVID MORGAN guides you on a short tour of some of them As you walk into the Minster, you do so through … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Remembrance Day, World War I, World War II
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We will remember them: Croydon’s Remembrance Day services
Remembrance Day, paying tribute to the sacrifices of military and service personnel in conflicts past and present, will be observed in Croydon on Sunday, at the war memorial outside the Town Hall and at Croydon Minster. Conducted by the Rt … Continue reading
Why the poppy is a symbol that should unite, not divide, us
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Ahead of this weekend’s Remembrance services, the Rev WEALANDS BELL has a confession to make – he once wore a white poppy, and now wishes he had never done so I was quite surprised to see a conversation … Continue reading
Bah humbug! Tory councillor complains at ‘too early’ Christmas
One of Croydon’s Conservative councillors wants to stop the town’s retailers from starting their Christmas sales campaigns too early. Ashburton councillor Adam Kellett put forward his own forthright views in a question to the council leader Mike Fisher at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Allders, Christmas, Croydon, Ebenezer Scrooge, London Borough of Croydon, Remembrance Day, Tory
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Jubilee choral festival at Fairfield Halls nears sell-out
This Saturday’s Diamond Jubilee Concert, with a 400-strong massed male voice choir, at the Fairfield Halls is nearly sold out. Only a few tickets in the gallery – at £10 each – remain for what promises to be a tub-thumping … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Fairfield Halls, Music
Tagged Choir, Croydon, Fairfield Halls, London, Remembrance Day, Royal Albert Hall
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