Post by Administrator on Aug 4, 2018 19:56:59 GMT
BARRY’S BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE FOR THE FIRST WORLD WAR
To commemorate the service of Barrians during the First World War, on Saturday September 22 the Royal British Legion (Barry Branch) is organising a Festival of Remembrance at Barry Memorial Hall. As the centrepiece of this event a definitive Roll of Honour of the local casualties has been compiled by military historian Dr Jonathan Hicks, the Headteacher of St Cyres School.
Dr Hicks commented, “I have spent over a decade researching the local casualties from both world wars and, with the help of many relatives of the fallen, have discovered hundreds of men who should be on the Roll of Honour for the town. This project, initiated and funded by the Royal British Legion, has been an opportunity to produce a definitive Barry Book of Remembrance for the Great War and it will include men from all the services, including the Merchant Navy. It will be a single copy book which will be used during the Drumhead Service on the evening of 22 September and it will then be donated to the Town and be kept in a local Church for safekeeping and reference. Viewings will be by appointment with the Royal British Legion”
During his extensive research, it became apparent that the existing Roll of Honour in Barry Memorial Hall is not complete. Dr Hicks said, “The Roll has a number of errors and duplications on it, and besides the many names that are missing, there are still a number of names on the Roll of Honour inside Barry Memorial Hall which cannot be traced, so this memorial book now contains as accurate a list of the fallen as it is possible to ascertain at this moment in time. More stories of the sacrifice made by local men during the Great War have come to light in the years since the Roll of Honour was originally compiled in the 1930s, so this book now contains an updated version of the Roll.”
A spokesperson for the Royal British Legion added ‘alongside this beautiful Remembrance Book we have also purchased a genuine miner's lamp which will be used as our Light of Remembrance featuring as part of the Drumhead in September and in the Town's annual Remembrance Day parades.’
Tickets for the Festival of Remembrance are selling fast and are available from the box office at Barry Memorial Hall or online.
Dr Hicks concluded, “The Festival of Remembrance on 22 September promises to be a remarkable evening where we all gather to pay tribute to the local casualties of the First World War, and it is important that each man has his place of honour. We intend to honour their sacrifice in the most appropriate, respectful manner in the one hundredth year since the armistice of November 1918. Sadly, as we are now all too painfully aware, it was not ‘The War to End All Wars’ but it is our way of saying ‘thank you’ to all those who served their country in that dreadful war.”
To commemorate the service of Barrians during the First World War, on Saturday September 22 the Royal British Legion (Barry Branch) is organising a Festival of Remembrance at Barry Memorial Hall. As the centrepiece of this event a definitive Roll of Honour of the local casualties has been compiled by military historian Dr Jonathan Hicks, the Headteacher of St Cyres School.
Dr Hicks commented, “I have spent over a decade researching the local casualties from both world wars and, with the help of many relatives of the fallen, have discovered hundreds of men who should be on the Roll of Honour for the town. This project, initiated and funded by the Royal British Legion, has been an opportunity to produce a definitive Barry Book of Remembrance for the Great War and it will include men from all the services, including the Merchant Navy. It will be a single copy book which will be used during the Drumhead Service on the evening of 22 September and it will then be donated to the Town and be kept in a local Church for safekeeping and reference. Viewings will be by appointment with the Royal British Legion”
During his extensive research, it became apparent that the existing Roll of Honour in Barry Memorial Hall is not complete. Dr Hicks said, “The Roll has a number of errors and duplications on it, and besides the many names that are missing, there are still a number of names on the Roll of Honour inside Barry Memorial Hall which cannot be traced, so this memorial book now contains as accurate a list of the fallen as it is possible to ascertain at this moment in time. More stories of the sacrifice made by local men during the Great War have come to light in the years since the Roll of Honour was originally compiled in the 1930s, so this book now contains an updated version of the Roll.”
A spokesperson for the Royal British Legion added ‘alongside this beautiful Remembrance Book we have also purchased a genuine miner's lamp which will be used as our Light of Remembrance featuring as part of the Drumhead in September and in the Town's annual Remembrance Day parades.’
Tickets for the Festival of Remembrance are selling fast and are available from the box office at Barry Memorial Hall or online.
Dr Hicks concluded, “The Festival of Remembrance on 22 September promises to be a remarkable evening where we all gather to pay tribute to the local casualties of the First World War, and it is important that each man has his place of honour. We intend to honour their sacrifice in the most appropriate, respectful manner in the one hundredth year since the armistice of November 1918. Sadly, as we are now all too painfully aware, it was not ‘The War to End All Wars’ but it is our way of saying ‘thank you’ to all those who served their country in that dreadful war.”
