Latest Updates
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BBC South News coverage
As a result of BBC reporter Victoria Cook attending the battlefield tour, Victoria and her team have put together 4 video presentations to be aired on BBC South News at 6:30pm. We hope that many of you will have already seen 3 of her videos from last Friday (6th), Monday (9th) and Tuesday (10th). The […]
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Thame remembers the fallen
As the clock struck 11am on Sunday (8 November), the town (and all of the Commonwealth countries) fell silent for two minutes to remember all of those who lost their lives in the line of duty. At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month. The Two Minute Silence is observed on […]
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Issue 14 now out!
We are thrilled to present the latest Thame Remembers newsletter. Read about the town major delivery in Berkhamsted, a fascinating discovery for Albert Thomlinson after we met his niece Hazel and an update on our progress. Download Newsletter issue 14 now.
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Final day of the Battlefield Tour
Our 40 strong group will today conclude their amazing trip that has taken them on an action packed tour across many cemeteries in Belgium and France. BBC reporter Victoria Cross has been very active on Twitter @thameremembers. Take a look at videos and images from the previous 4 days.
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Day 3 at Arras Memorial
The group have reached Arras Memorial, a World War I memorial in France located in the Faubourg d’Amiens British Cemetery. The Arras Memorial commemorates 34,795 servicemen.
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Day 2 in the trenches
Our group continued their journey today stopping at the Beaumont-Hamel preserved trenches on the WW1 Somme battlefields.
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Day 1 of the tour reaches Belgium
Our battlefield tour begins… first stop is Essex Farm Cemetery where the “Flanders Fields” poem was written.
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Battlefield Tour group reach Dover
The group has made it to Dover from Thame and will head to Altia Hotel in Lille, to rest before some of the Thame Remembers crosses and wreathes are distributed in Belgium tomorrow.
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CWGC gravestones and battlefied cemeteries
This special supplement is dedicated to the Commonwealth Graves Commission gravestones and battlefield cemeteries. There was much discussion – and argument– as to the type of permanent marker that individual British graves should have. The decision was made not to have a cross, but a standard sized headstone for every soldier, representing equality in death whatever a […]
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Thame Mayor delivers latest cross
Councillor Nichola Dixon actively supported the Thame Remembers project when she delivered a cross to Sergeant Brian Perry in Berkhamsted this week. She was joined by many of the Thame Town Council staff members. Sadly Sergeant Perry never saw active service due to becoming seriously ill from meningitis on a camp, but he did receive […]