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North Staffordshire
Royal British Legion News October 2007 |
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News
Friday 12 October 2007 |
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Royal Family at Armed Forces
Memorial dedication |
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- The Parade Marshal
of The Royal British Legion Karen Draper with
National Standard Bearer Julia Poulter watch as The
Royal Party has a brief word with the Archbishop of
Canterbury after the dedication.
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At 11.00am this morning the Armed
Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum Alrewas
was dedicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the
presence of the Her Majesty the Queen, the Duke of
Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.
The Prime Minister Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP,
also attended
the ceremony, and was greeted by the Legion's President, Air
Marshal Ian Macfadyean.
The Armed Forces
Memorial, designed by architect Liam O'Connor,
honours those killed in combat and training as
well as in acts of terrorism and bears the names
of nearly 16,000 Regular and Reserve Servicemen
and women who have died since 1948, including
those killed in conflicts in the Korea,
Malaysia, Northern Ireland, Falklands, Iraq and
Afghanistan.
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- County Parade Marshal
Derek Bunting marching past The Royal British Legion
Scotland's National Standard Bearer
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A parade of The Royal
British Legion, The Royal British Legion Scotland, The
Naval Association and Regimental Associations Standards
and Banners. Were led on parade jointly by The Royal
British Legion's National Standard Bearer Julia Poulter
and The Royal British Legion Scotland's National
Standard Bearer. Lining the approach to the Armed Forces
Memorial the Standards and Banners as an honour guard to
the Royal party.
The Royal Party were also introduced to families
of some of the individuals named on the memorial. After
the ceremony the National Parade Marshal Karen Draper
was introduced to His Royal Highness The Prince of
Wales.
An historical note. It was the first time in The
Royal British Legion Scotland's history that the
National Standard and the 8 Regional Banners where
together at a National Event in England.
The memorial echoes the ancient
burial mounds , it is an earthen platform 100 metres
across that recollects monuments like Glastonbury Tor.
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Photos used within this
page and in the event gallery are reproduced with kind
permission from Bob Rankin (Web Manager and Honorary for
the day PRO The Royal British Legion Scotland) unless
otherwise credited. |
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Armed Forces Memorial Event
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