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Showing posts with label ABF Soldiers Charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ABF Soldiers Charity. Show all posts

Sunday, November 14, 2021

Oakham Rutland Remembrance Day, War Memorial, 11.00 am. Video, Paul Beech Former Oakham Mayor, Read A Wartime Poem and Laid Wreath For ABF Soldiers Charity Times Of This Afternoons Parades

Oakham Rutland Remembrance Day, War Memorial, 11.00 am. Paul Beech Former Oakham Mayor, Read A Wartime Poem and Laid Wreath For ABF Soldiers Charity.







Times Of This Afternoons Parades


Sunday, November 14th, 2021


2:00pm - 3:30pm


All Saints Church, Oakham, LE15 6AA


As part of wider commemorations, a special civic Remembrance parade will set off from Oakham Castle at 2.00 pm on Sunday 14 November. 


The parade will include contingents from 7 Regiment of the Royal Logistic Corps, 7 Brigade (The Desert Rats) and 8 Engineer Brigade, along with representatives from the Royal Air Force and local veterans, Cadet, Scout and Girl Guide groups. 


It will pause at All Saints Church, where a service of Remembrance will be held from 2.30 pm. 


The service will be followed by a wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial on Church Street. 


The parade will then reform and return along the High Street, where the Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland Dr Sarah Furness will take the salute.


This is a public event and all are welcome.


All Saints Church


Church Street


Oakham


LE15 6AA

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Scots Guards Band, Beating Retreat, Oakham, ABF Soldiers Charity, St George's Barracks Rutland Photographs

Scots Guards Band, Beating Retreat, Oakham, ABF Soldiers Charity, St George's Barracks Rutland

www.soldierscharity.org



Cllr Adam Lowe, Oakham Mayor



Although it rained this did not stop the people
turning up and taking their seats in the market
place.



Cllr Alf Dewis, oh yes he is just as he looks!



Cllr Dr Guthrie, a good councillor







Dr Laurence Howard, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland and Her Majesty's.
Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Jennifer, Lady Gretton, JP



Dr Laurence Howard, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland






Leicestershire Police



Paul Beech ABF Organiser



Peter Lawson



Rutland  Army Cadets









Lord Lieutenant's Cadet



















































Thursday, September 13, 2012

The Band Of The Parachute Regiment, Beating Retreat Oakham, ABF Soldiers Charity, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland Dr Laurence Howard & Lord Lieutenant Jennifer, Lady Gretton, JP


ABF the Soldiers Charity Local Chairman, 
Jennifer, Lady Gretton, JP Lady Gretton, as Lord-Lieutenant, 
is the official representative of Her Majesty The Queen for the County and City of Leicester, 
Dr Laurence Howard, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland and his wife.


Chris A Parsons Conservative Chairman of Rutland County Council


The Band of The Parachute Regiment 
performed in Oakham Market Place

For beating of the retreat raising funds
for the ABF the Soldiers Charity.


The band put on a superb 30 minutes performance






Dr Laurence Howard, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland takes the salute


Rutland Army Cadets on standby with buckets to collect
donations for






Dr Laurence Howard, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland and 
Lady Gretton join in with the applause