Remembrance Weekend 2017
Branch President, Mr Peter Bustard lays our branch wreath on Armistice Day
Tracy Brabin, MP Batley & Spen & Cllr Viv Kendrick
Cllr David Sheard, Leader of Kirklees Council
Manzoor Ahmad, President Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Spen Valley
Local Guides & Brownies laying their wreaths
Rev Karen Young, Vicar of Heckmondwike
Remembrance 2016
Branch Standard Bearer Shawn Hartley pictured with Rosemary Hartley Welfare Officer & Heckmondwike & Spen Scouts & Guides
Scouts and Guides Flag Bearers
Local Community of Heckmondwike gathers around War Memorial,Green Park
Spen Valley Army Cadets
Wreaths laid by dignateries & Organisations
Branch President Peter Bustard (left) pictured with local WW2 Veteran ex Royal Marine Arnold Walker
Branch Chairman's Visit to Somme & Flanders
In March our Branch Chairman, Mr Wayne McDonald, visited the battlefields of France & Flanders and paid respects to some of the men of Heckmondwike who lost their lives in WW1 and are buried or commemorated on the many memorials across those areas
Unknown West Yorkshire Regiment Soldier on the Somme
Memorial to the Missing Arras,France
49th (West Riding Division) Memorial Ypres,Belgium.
Many Heckmondwike men served in The Duke Of Wellingtons Regiment as it was our local area Battalions and an integral part of the 49th Division.
Tyne Cot Cemetery & Memorial, Passchendaele,Belgium. The largest CWGC Cemetery in the world. 11,954 burials of which 8,374 are unknown and the memorial inscribed with 35,000 names of those lost in Ypres Salient from 16th August 1917
Menin Gate,Ypres,Belgium. Contains the names of 54395 Officers and men from UK, Canada, India,Australia & South Africa who lost their lives before 16th August 1917 and have no Known Grave
At the going down of the sun,and in the morning, We WILL Remember Them
M62 Coach Bombing Memorial Service 2016
Wreaths and flowers laid at the memorial
Hartshead Moor Services M62 westbound. Gathering of families,Regimental associations, Mayors of Kirklees & Calderdale & The Royal British Legion Standards.
Heckmondwike Branch Standard Bearer Mr Shawn Hartley leading the Parade
Regimental association standard bearers
The Royal British Legion Riders Branch
Spenborough Branch Chaplain Terry Brewis pictured with Mayor of Kirklees Cllr Paul Kane & Mayor of Calderdale Cllr Lisa Lambert and dignitaries awaiting the march past
Armistice Day 2015
Pupils of Heckmondwike Primary School attended Armistice Day in Green Park, Heckmondwike
Pupils pictured with Mr Peter Bustard, Chairman
Pupils study names and admire flowers on Memorial
Paying their respects to the fallen
Photos courtesy of Heckmondwike Primary School