About two hundred people gathered at Chandler’s Ford war memorial for Remembrance Sunday service and laying of wreaths this morning.
From 10am this morning, many people started walking towards the war memorial on Hursley Road at St. Boniface church.
At half past ten, representatives from several organisations and members of Scouts started marching towards the war memorial.
Following a two-minute silence, wreath-laying ceremonies took place.
Former Eastleigh Mayor Councillor Jane Welsh attended the service and laid a wreath at the foot of the memorial.
After the service at the War Memorial, many people also attended the morning service inside the church.
The hymns sung this morning included:
- Oh God Our Help in Ages Past
- Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
- Jerusalem
- Thine be the Glory
- Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, and
- The National Anthem
The St. Boniface choir is a gift to us. They sang beautifully. They led the congregation so well. It was also a blessing to be listening to Hugh Benham playing organ.
I had a conversation with a 92-year-old war veteran after the service today. I’ll write a new blog post about his story soon. Stay tuned.
Did you attend a service of Remembrance today? Please share what you saw and your thought with us. Thank you.
Related post: Meet 92-year-old War Veteran Frank Damerell
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The parade I was at was well attended and well supported – with people all along the long route of the march. A well as military organisations (currently serving, retired, and cadets) there were other uniformed youth groups and children from local schools, which were particularly pleasing to see.
My only complaint was the poor quality of singing. Despite the several hundred people in attendance, the singing was, well, abysmal. I’m sure Chander’s Ford and Eastleigh was much better.
The singing at St. Boniface was sublime. The choir was outstanding as usual. They led the singing perfectly. In my opinion, organ playing is always much more superior than other medium in an event like this. Hugh is an unparalleled musician (and the Chandler’s Ford congregation is very very lucky). I also noticed that not many people (including me) could remember the second verse of The National Anthem, and they had to rely on the piece of paper in their hands. However I noticed most members in the choir sang The National Anthem perfectly without looking at any note.
So long as they got the third line correct – “THE queen”, not “our”