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IN MEMORIAM: As the ceremony drew to a close, wreaths were laid at the foot of the WW1 CenotaphPicture: MATTHEW FIELD
WAR MEMORIAL

Memorial in honour of fallen soldiers

Sunday November 14 saw veterans from around BCM gather at the WW1 and 2 memorial for the annual Remembrance Sunday service. The event was held in honour of the many soldiers who gave their lives during the two World Wars. Lt Col (ret)…

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KEEPING IT CLEAN: Members of the EL Caledonian Society Pipe Band helped clean up the Oxford St war memorial over the weekendPicture: MATTHEW FIELD
EAST LONDON CALEDONIAN SOCIETY PIPE BAND

Community cleans up war memorial

Members of the East London Caledonian Society Pipe Band got together to help clean the war memorial on Oxford Street last weekend. As previously reported by the GO! & Express, the World War 1 Cenotaph and the World War 2 Lychgate had…

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DUMP SITE: Rubbish is strewn around the memorial, and piled up at the few bins in the areaPicture: MATTHEW FIELD
SA LEGIONS LT COL RET MALCOLM COCK

BCM forgetting fallen soldiers

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: “Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. “At the going down of the sun and in the morning, “We will remember them.” This iconic verse from Robert Laurence Binyon’s 1914 poem…

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