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Horbury Victoria Band's brilliant contribution to Remembrance Sunday's March and Services greatly appreciated by all
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Following the Special Remembrance Sunday to mark the Centenary of the end of the Great War, President of Horbury & Sitlington RBL Branch, John Lockwood presented a cheque to Horbury Victoria Band Secretary Arnold Tattersfield.
Band Chairman Dr Maynard said how much he appreciated the Band's contribution to Remembrance, and how grateful he was to RBL for recognising this.
Local Remembrance 2018
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A Local Project Marking the Centenary of the End of World War 1 in 1918
The Aims and Objectives of the project:
There are many ideas being discussed...here are a few but the list is not definitive... the project is likely to evolve and branch as it progresses:
- To engage with the local population to gain background about each of our fallen.
- Who they were, where they lived, what they did in civilian life, their surviving families, how old they were when they died and their final resting place and with permission, if and where appropriate, display such information.
- To engage with local businesses, clubs, associations and groups to partner, support and participate in the project.
- To provide website/social media presence to record and publicise all aspects of the project and further engage with the community.
- It is hoped that Schools, Academies and Youth Groups will also become interested and involved with the project.
- In a nutshell, the plan is to facilitate events and activities appropriate to Remembrance in 2018 and in celebration of the Centenary of the end of Great War.
Your Community Needs You (be aware this article is from 2018)
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The Royal British Legion, Horbury Ossett and Sitlington Branch, in partnership with The Rotary Club of Horbury and Ossett Phoenix and The Senior Citizens Support Group Horbury would like to engage with the people of Horbury, Ossett and Sitlington and other local areas to make this years activities of remembrance truly remarkable in our community.
- The historical significance of 2018 is of great importance, as it marks the centenary of the end of the Great War (1914-18) during which so many lost their lives.
- Whilst it has often been referred to as ‘The War to End All Wars’ it was sadly not to be. Many of our brave servicemen and women have been lost since, in the service of our country and they too deserve our thoughts and prayers.
- We would like to reflect upon the history of the fallen of our surrounding districts and your help with this will be invaluable. Many local people have their roots in the area and hopefully will still have photographs of their respective ancestors and family members who may have been lost during the Great War or since.
- We feel it appropriate to remember them by acknowledging not only their names and respective roles and regiments, but aspects of their family, where they lived and what they did in civilian life before going to war.
- We also recognise that many women and men assisted the war effort and are similarly deserving of our recognition and remembrance.
- If you have any aspects of this family history (and photographs of them if at all possible) we would love to hear from you. One of many ideas in marking the significance of this year is to display a potted history of each person or persons in the front windows of any houses that were built before 1914-18 where they lived. Where their former residence no longer exists, we would ask businesses and shops to help by allowing us to display the same in their windows.
- This is only one of many ideas and we would be delighted if you were able to give us your own thoughts and ideas to help. We hope that this year will not only offer our respectful reflection and remembrance, but also celebrate the 100thanniversary of the end of that terrible war.
- If you wish to make contact with the team you can use the Contact the Team link on this site or click here: Contact the Team