Some pictures of the displays and vehicles at the open day
The star attraction among the displays. A fully working Cromwell Tank as used by the Division in Normandy and all the way to Hamburg and beyond.
OPEN DAY AT THE MEMORIAL 15th JUNE 2014
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Some pictures of the displays and vehicles at the open day |
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| Some of the displays | The Burma Mule Display | More displays | |
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| Marine Cadets | Vintage/Reproduction Cans | Radio Truck | |
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| Jeep and 5 cwt Truck | Jeep and SAS Jeep | US Army 6x6 Truck | |
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| Vintage Land Rover Display | Musical Entertainment | ||
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| Veterans catching up with each other | Re-enactors, from The Queen's Royal Regiment and an 8th Army Infantryman, mingle with the visitors. | ||
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| Plenty of good food available and a place to sit and chat a while. | The Standards getting ready | ||
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The star attraction among the displays. A fully working Cromwell Tank as used by the Division in Normandy and all the way to Hamburg and beyond. |
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Some pictures of the parade and the service at the memorial
(Video Clips available below) |
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| Preparing for the parade and service. | The public get ready. | The parade starts |
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| The parade led by the Drums of the Marine Cadet Band. | The Piper following the Drummers. | Royal British Legion Standards. |
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| Royal British Legion Standards pass by. | Veterans in the parade. | Modern Army Cadets. |
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| The Cromwell and Truck following the parade down to the memorial. | The Cromwell and Truck halt | Picture time for the Cromwell and Truck |
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| A view of the assembled parade looking towards the memorial. | A view of the assembled parade looking towards the memorial. | Brigadier Woodham inspects the parade |
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| Inspecting the Cadets. | Brigadier Woodham (O/C 7th Armoured Brigade) addresses the parade and crowd. | The Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk says a few words to all gathered at the memorial |
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| Revd. Ron Wiffen addresses the parade and the crowd | A veteran says the The Exhortation. "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old........." | Royal British Legion Standards to one side of the memorial. |
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| The Last Post is sounded and the standards are prepared to be lowered. | The standards in the process of being lowered | Just at the end of the two minute silence as reveille is about to be sounded |
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| The Auster flies overhead | and drops the poppies | The standards are recovered. |
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| Revd. Ron Wiffen conducting the service. | Our Chairman Mr. Rod Scott addresses the parade while a wreath is laid by Elizabeth Truss, MP. | A lone pipe plays the 'Flowers of the Forest" |
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| Lone Piper marching off into the woods. | Wreaths by the memorial at the end of the service | |
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| Some of the children get a chance to climb on the Cromwell while waiting for the crowd to disperse and find out more about it. | A veteran who used to drive Cromwells for nearly three years meets an 'old friend' and talks to the owner. | The Cromwell leading the memorial area. |
| Marching to the Memorial for the Parade | Cromwell arrives at the parade |
| Cromwell moving back from the parade area | Cromwell being parked up for the night before returning home the next day |
