Today’s generation commemorates war dead
A FLY past by two army helicopters low over Thame Memorial Gardens yesterday, brought a touch of the reality of modern warfare, to the hundreds gathered, gazing sky-ward during the annual Remembrance Day service.
A birds-eye-view of Sunday’s crowd at the Thame Remembrance service. Image by Nick White, Thame
Representatives from the Town Council, the District and County councils, Guides, Brownies, Scouts, the Fire Service, Showmen’s Guild, The Thame Twinning Association and many other community groups were represented, many laying wreaths on the steps of the Thame War Memorial. The following is a full list of wreaths laid:
Town Mayor – on behalf of the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire for Her Magesty the Queen, Royal Air Force – RAF Halton, Royal British Legion, Royal Naval Association (Thame Branch), Merchant Navy, Polish Community, Air Training Corps, Thames Valley Police, Thame Fire & Rescue Service, St. John Ambulance, Rotary Club of Thame, Thame & District Round Table, The Lions Club of Thame, Thame Masonic Lodge, Women’s Institute, Thame Townswomen’s Guild, Thame Inner Wheel, Thame & District Twinning Association, Thame Market Traders, Lord Williams’s School Girlguiding Thame District 1, The Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain, Corner Stone Church, Christchurch, Stones Close Allotments, Co-op Funeral Care, Thame Concert Band, St Joseph’s Church, Thame, Thame Remembers, Royal Air Forces Association (Oxford & District), 594 (Thame) Squadron, South Oxfordshire District Council, Oxford County Council, Fleet Air Arm, Oxfordshire Army Cadet Force (Thame Detachment), Thame Scout Group, St Mary’s Church and Barley Hill Church.
A minute’s silence, broken only by a distant barking dog and a restless toddler, was heralded by the bugle call, Last Post, played by Richard Van Ryne, who will also be playing outside the Town Hall on Tuesday morning (11/11) at 11am, for a collective minute’s silence.
Photographs from the event can be viewed here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thamenews/sets/72157649206080921/
