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brave and bitter battles fought in Belgium during the Second
World War have been remembered in a presentation to the
district’s first citizen.
Members (Left to Right: Bill Clarke Chairman Ipstones
Branch, Ken Pointon Group 4 Chairman, Nora Clarke
Group 4 Secretary) Staffordshire Moorlands Group 4 The
Royal British Legion in North Staffordshire gave a plaque to
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council chairman Maureen
Motum to mark their visit to Ostend.
They received the present from Belgian dignitaries following
a week-long trip in May to commemorate the end of the war.
The gesture followed a similar presentation made by legion
members in the country the previous year.
 Councillor
Motum said: “It is an honour to be presented with such a
gift and it will be displayed at the council’s Moorlands
House headquarters.
“The battles in Belgium against the Germans were very fierce
during the war and each year people in the country remember
victory day with grand celebrations.”
County Vice-Chairman George Hough and his wife Margaret
where amongst the total of 46 Staffordshire Moorlands
Group 4 legion members visited Belgium for the trip. They
took part in two ceremonies: the dedication of a window in
an English Church; and the commemoration of British graves
at the main Ostend cemetery. They also visited the Zeebrugge
naval base, Ypres, Diksmuide and the Trenches of Death, and
the Dutch town of Sluis.
Full report can be found on the Staffordshire Moorlands
Group 4 Site Events Page
Click Here
Photograph
and article courtesy of Staffordhire Moorlands District
Council' Media Release Contact: Andrew Brunt
Communications Officer
Press Office: (01538) 483538
andrew.brunt@staffsmoorlands.gov.uk
Web site:
www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk
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