Remembrance Services 2013 – Young And Old Gather To Pay Their Respects

Published on: 10 Nov, 2013
Updated on: 11 Nov, 2013

As the town clock reached 11am Last Post was played followed by a two-minute silence.

Guildford remembered its war dead this year in traditional fashion this Sunday (November 10) with the young, middle aged and old all taking their various parts in well attended services and ceremonies.

In the town centre, a party of civic dignitaries, including the mayor and Anne Milton MP, and invited guests, walked in procession from the Guildhall to Holy Trinity Church for a remembrance service.

A little boy looks up at the town clock as it reaches the eleventh hour.

At 11 0’clock those who had gathered around the Guildhall, while the service continued inside the church, heard Last Post and Reveille played either side of two minutes’ silence.

The Friary Guildford BRass Band leads the parade into the Castle Grounds and Guildford’s war memorial.

The congregation then joined cadets and others and reformed on the High Street to be led by the Friary Guildford Brass Band, in a march to the war memorial in the Castle Grounds. Here wreaths were laid and Last Post and Reveille played once again.

Anne Milton MP lays her wreath in front of Canon Robert Cotton, rector of the parish of Holy Trinity and St Mary’s.

Following the ceremony many of those involved retired to the Guildhall for a short reception and to hear the Mayor, Cllr Diana Lockyer-Nibbs, thank all those who attended and help organise this year’s commemoration.

The young (army and air cadets) …

… those who have recently served (this former Royal Marine’s medals show he served in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans)…

…and the old, (an RAF veteran of the Second World War) all took part.

The poppy wreaths laid on the Guildford War Memorial.

Another service of remembrance took place on Saturday afternoon (November 9) at the war memorial in Addison Road, Charlotteville.

The Rev’d Rod Pierce leads the Act of Remembrance service at the war memorial at Addison Court.

Led by the Rev’d Rod Pierce, a member of the team ministry of Holy Trinity and St Mary’s Parish, local residents and visitors took part in a the service that included prayers, a reading, a reflection by the Rev’d Pierce, and the singing of O God, Our Help In Ages Past; and the National Anthem.

Bugler Jack Morris.

A two-minute silence was observed with the playing of Last Post and Reveille by bugler Jack Morris, a second year music student at the University of Surrey.

Wreaths being laid by Val and Nigel Crompton.

Wreaths were also laid at the foot of the war memorial, including those by Val and Nigel Crompton who live in Buckinghamshire. Mrs Crompton is related to the Newman family who once lived in Charlotteville. Arthur, Frederick and Frank Newman (who all died in the First World War) are named on the war memorial.

Some of the wreaths laid at the Charlotteville War Memorial.

After the service there were refreshments inside Addison Court and a display by Ian Nicholls all about the war memorial and the 32 men (from both world wars) who are named on it. They were all residents of Charlotteville. Click here to see the website of the Charlotteville War Memorial.

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