Post by Administrator on Jun 21, 2014 12:03:22 GMT
100th Anniversary of the outbreak of the 1st World War.
THE lights will go out at Holton Road Church on August 4, to mark the Centenary of the outbreak of the Great War,
the world’s most costly war and one which continues to affect our lives today.
Wreath laying. M N monument, Barry
Following this we proceed to the Hall of Memory in the Barry Memorial Hall where a
plaque commemorating the Mercantile Marine losses during that conflict will be dedicated.
Merchant Navy day, September the 3rd every year.
The 3rd of September 2014 the 75th Anniversary of the start of the 2nd World War.
Branch wreath laying and dedication: M N monument, Barry
2014:
Commemorating the Centennial of the First World War and Mercantile Marine losses.
75th anniversary of the sinking of the passenger ship SS Athenia
on the day Britain declared war on Germany in 1939 and remembering those lost in world War Two and conflicts since.
“In Ocean waves no poppies blow
No crosses stand in ordered in row
Their young hearts sleep beneath the wave
The spirited, the good, and the brave.
But stars a constant vigil keep
For them who lie beneath the deep
‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer
On a certain spot and think he’s there.
But you can to the ocean go
See whitecaps marching row on row
Know one for him will always ride
In and out with every tide.
And when your span of life is passed
He’ll meet you at the ‘Captain’s Mast’
And they who mourn on distant shore,
For sailors who will come home no more
Can dry their tears and pray for these
Who rest beneath the heaving seas,
For stars that shine and winds that blow
And whitecaps marching row on row
And they can never lonely be,
For when they lived They choose the sea.”