The team at East Midlands Railway were one of a number of Train Operating Companies to join the expanded event in 2021, following on from the first event by of The Veterans Charity to keep remembrance on track through the pandemic in 2020.
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The team at East Midlands Railway were one of a number of Train Operating Companies to join the expanded event in 2021, following on from the first event by of The Veterans Charity to keep remembrance on track through the pandemic in 2020.
Read moreThe Veterans Charity when working with Great Western Railway on the 2023 Routes of Remembrance event (based on Poppies to Paddington from 2020), we found out that the railway would be closed for improvement works, between Penzance and Plymouth meaning there would be no trains to carry the dozens of wreaths from Cornwall to Paddington Station.
Read moreHer Majesty The Queen attended the opening of the 95th Field Remembrance on Thursday 9 November 2023 and placed a personal tribute in memory of all who have given their lives in service.
Read moreOn 11 November 2023, from 1800hrs, massive, animated poppies will light up the London skyline, in an Act of Remembrance commissioned by the Union Jack Club (UJC), a military charity and national institution serving non-commission members of His Majesty’s Armed Forces.
Read moreTo mark Remembrance Day on 11 November 2023, the RAF Benevolent Fund, the RAF’s leading charity, spoke to a group of the last remaining Second World War veterans who gathered for an afternoon at Biggin Hill, home to the Battle of Britain.
Read moreThe Forces Employment Charity is calling on the public to show their support for Remembrance Day this year, by taking part in its national poppy pebble painting initiative.
Read moreRemembrance is being marked at Royal Star & Garter with a campaign highlighting the benefits its care has on relationships between residents and their relatives.
Read moreAn RAF blind veteran from Yorkshire is set to march with her Air Cadet great grandson at the Cenotaph in London this Remembrance Sunday (12/11) with the charity Blind Veterans UK.
Read moreA blind veteran from Somerset is set to march at the Cenotaph in London for the final time this Remembrance Sunday (12/11).
Read moreBlind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women, is hosting an Act of Remembrance and coffee morning at its Llandudno Centre of Wellbeing on Saturday 11 November.
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