Thame Remembers

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  1. More BBC South Today coverage

    By Steve Perry | June 25, 2017 at 12:14 pm

    We were pleased to be joined in Portsmouth by Victoria Cook and her team to capture our wreath delivery at the naval memorial. The 3 minute coverage was then shown on BBC local news later in the evening.

  2. Thame remembers the fallen at Portsmouth Naval Memorial

    By Steve Perry | June 15, 2017 at 12:51 pm

    A number of local Thame residents took the coach trip to Portsmouth to remember our 9 fallen sailors and to lay a wreath at the foot of the naval memorial. The ceremony included many dignitaries and more information will be provided in our next newsletter.

  3. Battlefield Tour leaves Friday

    By Steve Perry | May 17, 2017 at 7:40 am

    We will be visiting, in Belgium; Ypres (including the Menin Gate Last Post Ceremony on the Saturday evening), Poperinge, Hooge Crater and preserved battle field, Tyne Cot Memorial and cemetery, and Essex Farm Cemetery where John McRae wrote ”In Flander Fields”. And in France; Theipval Memorial to the missing of the Somme, Beaumont Hamel preserved […]

  4. New names for the War Memorial

    By Steve Perry | May 16, 2017 at 9:40 am

    Thame Remembers have now completed the first round of submitting names and supporting evidence, for scrutiny by a Town Council Working Group, of men who it is believed were missed off the Thame War Memorial and who can hopefully be added at a future date.

  5. Issue 27 now out!

    By Steve Perry | April 25, 2017 at 12:15 pm

    We are thrilled to present the latest action packed Thame Remembers newsletter. This bumper edition includes details of our deliveries more locally in Leicestershire and our planned trip to Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Plus much more. Enjoy the read and please share with others. Click here to read the newsletter.

  6. Issue 26 now out!

    By Steve Perry | April 10, 2017 at 4:24 pm

    We are thrilled to present the latest action packed Thame Remembers newsletter. This bumper edition includes details of our wreath delivery in the Shetlands, our battlefield trip in May and submission to the Council for more names to be added to the Thame War Memorial. Plus much more. Enjoy the read and please share with others. […]

  7. Issue 25 now out!

    By Steve Perry | February 26, 2017 at 5:23 pm

    We are thrilled to present the latest Thame Remembers newsletter which has now reached its 25th edition! This edition focuses on Wendy Townsend’s cross delivery in Cairo, Eygpt for George Crick (as well as the research involved). Enjoy the read and please share with others.

  8. Issue 24 now out!

    By Steve Perry | December 19, 2016 at 1:53 pm

    We are thrilled to present the latest Thame Remembers newsletter. This edition features a spotlight on how the French celebrate Remembrance Day and a focus on Private Albert George Thomlinson after we helped the Commonwealth War Graves Commission with additional research on his imprisonment in a war camp in 1940.

  9. End of year update

    By Steve Perry | December 7, 2016 at 1:35 pm

    As we approach the end of 2016, the town and project team can reflect and be proud of a very productive year. There have been many highlights and new connections made along the way and we are excited about 2017.

  10. Thame remembers the fallen on Sunday

    By Steve Perry | November 13, 2016 at 1:48 pm

    The Thame Remembers wreath was laid yesterday at the memorial to remember the 213 soldiers we are commemorating. The whole town seemed to be out to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in a moving ceremony. The TR team had a stall and helped sell poppies for the British Royal Legion.

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