There are days and events that have a deep routed meaning within a community, and for Chilton, Remembrance Sunday is one such day with hundreds of residents gathered in-front of the Chilton Cenotaph to welcome the parade and mark the two-minute silence.
The Kohima Epitaph movingly read WO1 Gareth Alderson RAMS, followed by Deputy Lieutenant Neil Schneider laying the wreath on behalf of His Majesty the King, followed by representative of Royal British Legion, Chilton Town Council, DCC, the Scouts, armed forces, police and emergency services, local charities and businesses.
Including two young players from Chilton Juniors football club who left their Sunday match early to lay crosses.
This year there was an additional mark of remembrance for all those who served or lived through war and conflict and are interred within Chilton Cemetery walls.
Mayor Cllr Sue Reece said “It was an honour and a privilege to participate in Chilton’s Remembrance Day commemorations. And deeply moving to stand in Chilton’s cemetery and read Vera Britton’s “Perhaps (1916)” a tribute to those who gave their lives in service so that we could retain our freedom. Her words remind us all, of the sorry of loss and how it changes us forever.”
“Perhaps some day the sun will shine again, and I shall see that still the skies are blue. And feel once more I do not live in vain, Although bereft of You”
The piper playing as Deputy Mayor Cllr Pearl Malpas laid flowers next to the “letters to heaven post-box.”
Please do go and visit the Chilton Cenotaph and cemetery for a moment of quiet reflection and to remember all those gave their today for our tomorrow.
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