Remembrance Sunday 2022
550 Squadron
Remembrance Sunday
A simple ceremony, with 2 mins silence observed, took place at 11am at the Memorial Stone on Lancaster Approach.
The service was taken by the Reverend Trevor Riess. Wreaths were laid on behalf of the Squadron Association by Honor Redshaw, by Liz Broddley on behalf of NK Parish Council and Kath Robinson for RNAS. Numerous wooden poppy crosses were placed in remembrance of 550 crews lost on operations.
Following the brief ceremony at The Memorial Stone, there was a service in St Denys' Church, also led by the Reverend Trevor Riess.
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The small sapling brought from Belgium some years ago is progressing well. The sapling was received from our friends in Rebecq at the 2018 Reunion and has been growing strongly ever since.
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There was a good turn out at The Memorial Stone, both 550 association members and local people, and a similiar number attended the Church service.
Ten people attended the dinner on Saturday evening dinner and seventeen for Sunday lunch.
Those attending the Sunday lunch received a small momento of the occasion.
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The Netherlands
Meanwhile in The Netherlands on Saturday 12th November there was a Remembrance service at Nederweert where 550 airman Leslie Harvey of the F/O C J Jones crew is buried.
Please follow this link to the local news-seite to see the pictures: https://www.nederweert24.nl/2022/11/12/herdenking-britse-begraafplaats-nederweert-2022-druk-bezocht/.
Our thanks to Paul Batenburg for drawing our attention to this event and the association web-link.