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Showing posts with label Remembrance Sunday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Remembrance Sunday. Show all posts

Sunday, November 13, 2022

Remembrance Sunday Wreath Laying Oakham War Memorial 13th November 2022 Oakham Rutland Video

Remembrance Sunday Wreath Laying Oakham War Memorial 13th November 2022

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

Marking Remembrance in Rutland, Armistice Day, Remembrance Sunday, Uppingham School Chapel, ‘Festival of Remembrance’, All Saints’ Church, Oakham, Rutland Concert Band


Pollen Florist Remembrance Window Oakham Rutland


Armistice DayFriday 11 November at 10.45am, there will be a short service of Remembrance, in the grounds of Oakham Castle. This will mark the day when the guns fell silent and the armistice was declared. This service will include a minute’s silence at 11.00am

The service will be conducted by Reverend Brian McAvoy from the Royal British Legion, and representatives of local military units and veterans’ organisations will be present. All members of the public are invited to attend.

7.30pm on Friday 11 November, in the Chapel of Uppingham School, Rutland’s first ‘Festival of Remembrance’ will take place, organised by His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Rutland, Dr Sarah Furness. This event will consist of a concert at 7.30pm, preceded by a reception in the School’s Memorial Hall at 6.30pmIt will be a positive commemoration and celebration of those who have served and continue to serve for our country. 

It is particularly important to mark Remembrance in this fashion in Rutland, a county that has such a significant military presence. In addition to our two army bases, we have military personnel living in Rutland who serve elsewhere, alongside reservists and very many veterans and military families. Rutland is almost unique as a county, in having at least 20% of its population affiliated with the military.  

All funds raised at this event will be donated to The Royal British Legion Poppy appeal. This is a ticketed event and tickets can be purchased for £25 through the Lord-Lieutenant’s website

If you only wish to attend the concert itself, tickets are free with donations being accepted on the evening.


Saturday 12 November at 7.30pm in All Saints’ Church, Oakham, Rutland Concert Band will present their annual ‘Music for Remembrance’, an event which has become something of a tradition in recent years and is a particularly poignant way to mark the evening before Remembrance Day itself. 

The concert feature a range of music with the central theme being Remembrance. The programme will include extracts from two John Williams film scores, Hymn to The Fallen, from Saving Private Ryan, Dartmoor, 1912, from War Horse, and Nimrod, from Elgar’s Enigma Variations. All proceeds will be donated to the Poppy Appeal and tickets can purchased on arrival.


Sunday 13 November, The County Service of Remembrance will take place at 2.30pm in All Saints’ Church, Oakham. Military Units from within the County and beyond will parade to the Church, from the Market Place, moving off at 1.55pm

The service will conclude with a Wreath Laying Ceremony, after which, the contingents on parade will march back to the Market Place, with The Lord Lieutenant taking the Salute on Oakham High Street. All members of the public are warmly invited to attend the Service and should be seated in All Saints’ Church by 2.15pm.



Oakham Castle Poppies Produced and donated by the Veteran prisoners and staff of HMP Stocken





Osprey Estate Agent Oakham Rutland Poppies 







Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Wreath Laying Oakham War Memorial Remembrance Sunday 2021 Video

Wreath Laying Oakham War Memorial Remembrance Sunday 2021

Oakham Rutland Remembrance Sunday 2021 Marching Parade Through Town Video

 Oakham Rutland Remembrance Sunday 2021 Marching Parade Through Town

Sunday, November 14, 2021

Remembrance Sunday Wreath Laying at Oakham War Memorial 2021 Oakham Rutland Photographs

Remembrance Sunday Wreath Laying at Oakham War Memorial 2021 Photographs 



Alicia Kearns  Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton





Rutland Community First Responders 






Angie Humphreys WI











Rutland County Councillor 
Ian Razzell 





High Sheriff Rutland David Wood






Girl Guides and Brownies 











Lord Lieutenant of Rutland 
Sarah Furness 








Pippy Woodley Veterans Breakfast Club






















































Cubs and Scouts 

























Rupert Mathews 
Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner 


































Vince Howard Leicestershire 
Fire and Rescue and Leicestershire Police










Oakham Mayor
Zoe Nealson