To mark Remembrance Day (11 November), Great Western Railway organised its annual Poppies to Paddington initiative, which transports wreaths from towns and cities across its network to be laid at the war memorial on Platform 1 at Paddington Station, London.
Veterans Champions, colleagues from our Trust (all veterans themselves) and the young son of one of our veterans, laid a wreath on behalf of Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust at Gloucester Railway Station this morning.
Cheltenham Remembrance Sunday service
Yesterday (Remembrance Sunday) the war memorial in Cheltenham’s Long Gardens was the centrepiece for the town’s Service of Remembrance and civic parade.
The service began at 10.50am and a lone trumpeter played ‘The Last Post’ before two minutes of silence at 11am, honoured by Cheltenham’s Mayor, Cllr Paul Baker.
After the Reveille, the service continued with prayers, hymns and the national anthem, played by Cheltenham Silver Band, supported by the Cheltenham Choral Society.
The mayor laid the first wreath at the war memorial followed by other civic dignitaries, including borough and county councillors, and representatives from local organisations.
Representing Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust were Andrew Collins-Mills (Associate Director Workforce Systems, Planning and Temporary Staffing), Max Boyce (Risk and Security Management Accredited Security Management Specialist), Laura Collins-Mills (Head of Digital Transformation) and Mat Beach (Business Project Manager).
Pictured above: Andrew Collins-Mills and Max Boyce.
