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          Remembrance 2017
























                          The Gathering at the Act of Remembrance launching the Poppy Appeal in Hunstanton
          Crosses placed on War Graves as Poppy Appeal
          launched in Hunstanton
          Over  fifty  people  gathered  for  an Act  of  Remembrance  that  was
          conducted by Fr James Monro at Hunstanton Cemetery on Saturday
          (28th October) and following the two-minute silence young people
          from 3rd Hunstanton Brownies and the 1st Hunstanton Scout Group
          placed crosses on each of the War Graves.
           The Mayor of Hunstanton Cllr Adrian Winnington spoke about the
          Poppy Appeal and the names of the Polish and British servicemen,
          whose graves are tended by the War Graves Commission, were read
          by Bozena Jurewicz and Mark Wilson. Alf Ball sounded the Last Post  Youngsters from the 1st Hunstanton Scout Group and the 3rd
          and Reveille. Standards from The Royal British Legion, the RNLI and  Hunstanton Brownies stand with crosses by the war graves
          the Brownies were in attendance.                    11am on 11.11.17 - Hunstanton High Street
           The former National Chairman of The Royal British Legion, John
          Crisford CBE, spoke the Exhortation and the Kohima Epitaph at this
          annual event that launches the Poppy Appeal in the town.













                                                                                     Service led by Fr James Monro




















            Charlie Cousins places his cross on a war grave           Alf Ball sounds the Last Post and Reveille
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