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Nord / Pas de Calais

The Nord and the Pas de Calais 2022

 

10th March - Rededication ceremony for Company Quartermaster Serjeant Charles John Niven at Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue

10th March - Rededication ceremony for Company Quartermaster Serjeant Charles John Niven at Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue

22nd March - Rededication ceremony for Cpl Alexander Moyes (Mayes) Thayne at London Cemetery, Neuville Vitasse

23rd March - Rededication ceremony for 2Lt Sam Hughes and CSM David Jones DCM at Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue

23rd March - Rededication ceremony for Corporal Frederick Herbert Skinner at Nieppe Bois (Rue-du-Bois) British Cemetery23rd March - Rededication Service for Company Sergeant Major (CSM) William Henry Bax at Delsaux Farm Cemetery, Beugny

23rd March - After the ceremony the Mayor of Beugny hosted a drink in honour of CSM Bax

 5th April - Rededication service for Lieutenant Wilfred Ashton Piercy

Lieutenant Wilfred Ashton Piercy

 

5th April - Rededication Service for Rifleman Albert George Sleet at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos-en-Gohelle 

5th April - Rededication Service for Rifleman Albert George Sleet at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos-en-Gohelle

Rifleman Albert George Sleet

6 April - Rededication Service for Serjeant James Gration at Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension

9th April - Commemoration of the life of George Neish, Roclincourt

5th May - Funerals of Pte William Johnston, Royal Scots Fusiliers and an Unknown Soldier of the East Yorkshire Regiment at Loos British Cemetery

5th May - Funerals of Pte William Johnston, Royal Scots Fusiliers and an Unknown Soldier of the East Yorkshire Regiment at Loos British Cemetery

5th May - Funerals of Pte William Johnston, Royal Scots Fusiliers
and an Unknown Soldier of the East Yorkshire Regiment at Loos British Cemetery

 

18th May - Rededication Service for Pte John Martin Roberts, at Queen's Cemetery, Bucquoy

18th May - Rededication Service for Pte John Martin Roberts, at Queen's Cemetery, Bucquoy  

27th May - K Battery commemoration of the Battle of 27th May 1940 delaying the German advance to allow the evacuation of Dunkirk, Hondegem

27th May - K Battery commemoration of the Battle of 27th May 1940 delaying the German advance to allow the evacuation of Dunkirk, Hondegehem

27th May - Rededication Service for Second Lieutenant Piers Richard Edgcumbe at Esquelbecq Military Cemetery

27th May - Rededication Service for Second Lieutenant Piers Richard Edgcumbe at Esquelbecq Military Cemetery 

27th May - Rededication Service for Second Lieutenant Piers Richard Edgcumbe at Esquelbecq Military Cemetery

28th May 2022 Commemoration 82nd anniversary of Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk

28th May - Commemoration 82nd anniversary of Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk

28th May - Commemoration 82nd anniversary of Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk

4th June - The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Garden Fête, Arras

4th June - The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Garden Fête, Arras

4th June - The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Garden Fête, Arras

21st June - Rededication service for Second Lieutenant Osmund Bartle Wordsworth at H.A.C. Cemetery

21st June - Rededication service for Second Lieutenant Osmund Bartle Wordsworth at H.A.C. Cemetery

21st June - Rededication service for Second Lieutenant Osmund Bartle Wordsworth at H.A.C. Cemetery

Second Lieutenant Osmund Bartle Wordsworth

21st June - Rededication service for Captain Vivian Hastings Clay at Warlencourt British Cemetery

21st June - Rededication service for Captain Vivian Hastings Clay at Warlencourt British Cemetery

Captain Vivian Hastings Clay

22nd June - Rededication service for Serjeant Arthur Harry Morton at Cojeul British Cemetery

22nd June - Rededication service for Serjeant Arthur Harry Morton at Cojeul British Cemetery

19th July 2022 - Rededication Service for Sub Lieutenant John Francis St. Clair Barton Ribecourt British Cemetery

19th July 2022 Rededication Service for Lieutenant Alfred Owen Cookson at Proville British Cemetery

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 21 April 1926 - 8th September 2022, our Queen and our Patron. May she rest in peace

3rd November - Funeral of Private Herbert Greaves at Heninel Communal Cemetery

3rd November - Funeral of Private Herbert Greaves at Heninel Communal Cemetery

Private Herbert Greaves

11th November - Lille

11th November - Lille

11th November - Martinpuich

November 11th - Arras, Monument-aux-Morts

November 11th - Arras Memorial

November 11th - Arras Memorial

November 11th - Arras Memorial

11th November - Le Touquet

11th November - Contes

11th November - Act of Remembrance for Sjt Timothy Keating M.M., on behalf of his family, Achicourt Road Cemetery

11th November - Tilloy Les Mofflaines 

11th November - Tilloy Les Mofflaines 

11th November - Tilloy Les Mofflaines 

17th November - Rededication service for Private James McNeilage McLean at Fosse 7 Military Cemetery

Private James McNeilage McLean

17th November - Rededication Service for Lance Corporal Brunton Smith at Bancourt British Cemetery

Lance Corporal Brunton Smith

20th November - Poppy Appeal at Joyeux Noël Concert at Dunkirk

26th November Annual General Meeting - Notre Dame de Lorette

26th November Annual General Meeting - Notre Dame de Lorette

26th November Annual General Meeting - Notre Dame de Lorette - Abbé Lherbier led us in prayers

26th November Annual General Meeting - Notre Dame de Lorette - Soldiers' letters home were read

26th November Annual General Meeting - Notre Dame de Lorette - Soldiers' letters home were read

26th November Annual General Meeting - Notre Dame de Lorette - Wreath laying

26th November Annual General Meeting - Notre Dame de Lorette - Tribute from the Guard of Honour

26th November Annual General Meeting - Notre Dame de Lorette - Our guide, M. Delepierre

26th November Annual General Meeting - Notre Dame de Lorette - The Basilique

26th November Annual General Meeting - Notre Dame de Lorette - The Basilique

26th November Annual General Meeting - Notre Dame de Lorette - Lunch at the Estaminet

26th November Annual General Meeting - Notre Dame de Lorette - Lunch at the Estaminet

26th November Annual General Meeting - Notre Dame de Lorette - Lunch at the Estaminet

26th November Annual General Meeting - Notre Dame de Lorette - Lunch at the Estaminet

26th November Annual General Meeting - Notre Dame de Lorette - Lunch at the Estaminet

27th November - Poppy Appeal at Cambrai Tank 1917 Musée