A warm welcome to all of our 'Friends of ANZAC REMEMBRANCE', both established and new. On behalf of the Trustees, I hope you enjoy reading about what's been happening over the past couple of months. I have outlined a brief report of the ceremony but for a full report go the the CEREMONIES tab. Grab a drink... it's a long read with plenty of extra information in the PDF's I have prepared!

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​​ANZAC CEREMONY...Sunday 26th APRIL 

​On behalf of the Trustees of ANZAC REMEMBRANCE C.I.O. I would like to thank all of you who attended the ceremony on Sunday 26th April at Stonefall Commonwealth War Graves cemetery in Harrogate.  Yet again we are delighted with the crowds who travelled from around the Harrogate area to see the ceremony now in its fifth year. 

Our team of Trustees worked extremely hard on the day to ensure that all went according to plan.  We were delighted that so many cadets were able to attend this year and thanks go to Squadron Leader Ian Brotheridge RAFAC and Warrant Officer Richard Dealhoy RAFAC for making that happen.

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Our special thanks are extended to RAF Leeming for their presence at this year’s ceremony and the contribution they made under the leadership of Sergeant Allan Waring SNCO Ceremonial.  Having their presence has without doubt lifted the military side of the ceremony and we look forward to their attendance in the years to come.

Over the past couple of weeks I have received a number of extremely heartening and uplifting emails that certainly make all the hard work that goes into the organisation of such an important event, so worthwhile.  Some comments included…

• I was exceptionally impressed by the professionalism, care, and reverence that you and your team devoted to every detail of this sacred event.

• It was a special occasion, and I was very honoured to attend.

• It was a privilege to be able to lay a wreath at the ceremony on Sunday and to hear the story of some of those young Australian and New Zealand aviators.  It was also very uplifting to hear the story of how you have worked so hard to establish their commemoration and Sunday was a real tribute to their memory.

• Thank you for today’s excellent memorial service and all the hard work that went into organising it. 

• It was a real honour to represent RAF Menwith Hill and your personal touch during the ceremony really brought the event to life. 

• The commemoration really is going from strength to strength and it’s wonderful to see how established it’s become in the community – all thanks to your and Richard’s hard work!  It was a moving and impressive ceremony which I think made a real impact on everyone who was present.​

 

Thank you so much to all those who purchased one of our ANZAC logo badges

and for the donations we received during and after the ceremony. ​​​​​​

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 ​​​​​​​​FUNDRAISER FOR CROSSES

As you are mostly aware, we are aiming to lay small ANZAC crosses on graves of Australian and New Zealand WW2 aviators buried in cemeteries scattered around the United Kingdom.  In order that we can try to separate this from the funds raised for the ANZAC ceremony, we are creating a small but crucial fundraiser in order to do this.

 

Cost for approximately 1,200 small wooden crosses

£120

Cost for small stickers to adhere to these crosses 

£300

Postage costs – approximate

£80

Total we wish to raise…

£500

If you would like to contribute to this fundraiser… please follow this link below... any amount counts

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Donations can be made from any country and most credit and banks cards are accepted.

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​​​​​​​ANZAC CROSS LAYING PROJECT​

​​​The purpose of our charity, as outlined on our website includes the words…

                   “TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE WARTIME SERVICE

                     PROVIDED BY AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SERVICE PERSONNEL

                    WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR TWO…”

Keeping in line with those principals, We are delighted to say that with the help of a number of individuals, our cross-laying project appears to be slowly but successfully getting off the ground. Our plan is to cover 340 burial sites around the United Kingdom.  This would exclude the six major sites located at Chester (Blacon), Oxford (Botley) Brookwood Military Cemetery, Harrogate (Stonefall), Cambridge (City Cemetery) and Runnymede Memorial.

 

The total number of graves at which we plan to lay crosses include 711 aviators from the Royal Australian Air Force and 465 aviators from the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Thanks to the help of members of RAFA, RBL, CWGC volunteers and personal friends…Total number of crosses laid = 55

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There are at the moment 104 crosses currently with individuals to lay around  Somerset, Devon,

Fife, Hampshire and Kent.

THANK YOU goes to Helen Franklin, Eyes on Hands Coordinator for the CWGC East.

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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THIS PROJECT, PLEASE CONTACT US THROUGH OUT WEBSITE EMAIL ADDRESS

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​SOME ANZAC AVIATORS ALREADY HONOURED​

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​If you would like to read about some of the ANZACS who have already been honoured by the laying of these small crosses, I have prepared a PDF outlining some details of the Australians and New Zealanders.  Young men who had a life before it was cut tragically short. 

 

 

 

 

 

                                   

    

 

 

 

 

                                                    

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​A THANK  YOU TO ASDA SUPERMARKET HARROGATE

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For the past five years I have popped into ASDA supermarket in Harrogate a couple of days before the ANZAC ceremony in order to purchase ceremonial sponge cakes for the reception that follows the ceremony. Taking along with me a ‘pen drive’ loaded with images of the New Zealand flag and Australian flags correctly uploaded, it has always been easy enough to have the images (using their machine in the bakery section) to print the images onto the sponge cakes.

This year, following the same routine, I asked to speak to a member of staff in authority.  I explained to her about our charity, our ceremony and how we had used ASDA for the past five years.  She immediately went off saying… “I’ll speak to the manager”.  She came back with good news that ASDA were delighted to donate the cakes now and in the future for the ceremony. THANK YOU ASDA.

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YORKSHIRE AIR MUSEUM 

 

​​We continue to promote the YORKSHIRE AIR MUSEUM at Elvington on the outskirts of York.  Below are some planned events for the near future. Please refer to their website for full details regarding events and purchase of tickets.  You will have a wonderful day... it's amazing.

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https://yorkshireairmuseum.org/plan-your-visit/events​

 

OPERATION HALIFAX - Theme for the year continues

7th June - THUNDER DAY

21st June - COLD WAR WHEELS

26th July - GOLDEN ERA MOTORCYCLES

9th August - WOMENS SERVICES MEMORIAL DAY​​​​​​

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