Latest Updates
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Wreath delivery aboard the Queen Mary 2
An ambitious four year project such as Thame Remembers will always include a few surprises but a particularly surreal moment was when Wendy Townsend, a Thame resident, contacted Dave Bretherton earlier this year with an extraordinary proposal.
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Issue 22 now out!
We are thrilled to present the latest Thame Remembers newsletter. This edition features a spotlight on Serjeant Harry John Shrimpton and his 100 year anniversary delivery, details of our funding and spaces available for our Battlefield Tour in 2017 . Enjoy the read and please share with others. Click here to read the newsletter.
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Heritage Lottery Fund report
We are delighted to record that the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) have received our End of Grant report and replied with the following: “our records are now closed and the project has been recorded as complete.” However, our project has another two years to run and goes on until 11 November 2018. We made this aware […]
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Issue 21 now out!
We are thrilled to present the latest Thame Remembers newsletter. This edition features a spotlight on Gunner Herbert Richardson, details of our Somme evening at Thame Players Theatre and some clarity regarding some confusing terminology for army units. Enjoy the read and please share with others. Click here to read the newsletter.
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Thame Players present Battle of the Somme
We are planning an event to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. Its at the Players Theatre and tickets are FREE. Hope to see you there!
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Your help is needed…
Are you planning a trip to any of these countries?? Thame Remembers needs your help to place crosses in memory of Thame’s war dead at these locations. Egypt: Cairo , Suez & Alamein Italy: Naples Greece: Doiran memorial (Thessaloniki) Pakistan: Karachi Tunisia: Medjez-el-Bab & Tabarka Turkey: Gallipoli memorial
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Battlefield Tour details
Book now to join our fully guided tour visiting; Ypres, Poperinge, Arras, Vimy and the Somme… Enjoy 2 nights in Belgium and 2 nights in France from 19-23 May 2017. For more details, see our Battlefield Tour Poster 2017.
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Issue 20 now out!
We are thrilled to present the latest Thame Remembers newsletter. This edition features the Thame and District U3A deliveries in Rouen, our ocean wreath delivery to Scapa Flow, our recce tour and details of our criteria to add new names to the Thame War Memorial. Enjoy the read and please share with others.
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Remembering the Battle of Jutland, 100 years on…
Poppies and forget-me-nots will be scattered today at sea in remembrance of more than 8,500 sailors who died in the First World War’s greatest naval clash. 100 years ago to the day, Thame lost Able Seaman Frederick George Beames Hake on the HMS Black Prince. HMS Black Prince, a Cruiser, became separated from the rest […]
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Are you planning a trip to any of these countries?
With the holiday season upon us.. Thame Remembers needs your help to place crosses in memory of Thame’s war dead at the following locations: Egypt (Alamein, Cairo & Suez); Greece (Doiran Memorial; Italy (Naples War Cemetery); Pakistan (Karachi War Memorial); Tunisia (Medjez-el-Bab & Tabarka); Turkey (Gallipoli Memorial); Iraq; Libya; ….and a few places remain in […]