No 945 Monday 14th - Sunday 20th November 2022
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WE WILL REMEMBER
nce again a number of Remembrance commemorations have been held around the Vega Baja and Costa Calida to honour those who have lost their lives in conflict.
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This year was particularly emotional, being the first for many years to be observed without the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth, who sadly passed away in September. During her 70-year reign the late Queen, who lived through World War Two, only missed seven Remembrance services - including in 2021 due to a back sprain. A two-minute silence first took place across the region at 11am on Friday’s Armistice Day, marking 103 years since it was first observed on 11 November 1919, and then again the same homage was paid at similar events two days later, on Remembrance Sunday, when many more branches of The Royal British Legion chose to hold their services. Rain affected Friday’s commemoration, held in the Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción. Despite this the Plaza de la Constitución had been splendidly adorned for the occasion by the Torrevieja authorities. The service was led by Fr Richard Seabrook and attended by the mayor, councillors and other representatives of the town council, along with members of the Torrevieja Branch of the Royal British Legion, invited guests and the Chairman of Spain, District North. Following the service, wreaths were laid by the mayor and chairlady Pam Wilding. The Hondon Valley Branch held it’s service in La Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Salud, Hondón de los Frailes, in the presence of the Consul Elizabeth Bell, a representative of the Diputacion of the Alicante Government and the Hondon mayor, while a service was also held by Murcia Branch in the Memorial Garden, Camposol Sector A. Sunday’s Remembrance Day services included one attended by the Royal Family at the Cenotaph - the first since the death of the Queen.
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