{"id":32919,"date":"2024-11-10T22:40:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T21:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=32919"},"modified":"2024-11-10T22:40:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T21:40:48","slug":"we-will-remember-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=32919","title":{"rendered":"We Will Remember Them"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe annual Poppy Appeal in Abingdon, organised by the Royal British Legion, is part of a nationwide campaign to raise funds supporting veterans and their families. The donations collected through the appeal provide essential services, including financial aid, housing, care, and mental health support.<\/p>\n

The poppy serves as a symbol of the annual act of remembrance.
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\nThe Royal British Legion\u2019s Abingdon headquarters, located at the club on Spring Road, serves as the hub of local Poppy Appeal.
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\nInside the club, students from Kingfisher School have made a display inspired by the lines, ‘In Flanders fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row.’
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\nBusinesses across Abingdon have joined in, with poppy displays in honour of Remembrance Day.
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\nThe town’s churches also have poppy displays. In St Helen\u2019s, some poppies are by a memorial board that lists the names of Abingdon residents who served and gave their lives in WWI and WWII.
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\nThe windowsills of Our Lady and St Edmund have poppies and wheat. The church yard has some war graves, that have been decorated with wooden crosses with poppies, and wooden crosses with a gold medal of valour.
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\nThis morning, the community gathered in large numbers at Abingdon\u2019s War Memorial for a service of remembrance. Representatives from various organisations laid wreaths with poppies, honouring the memory of those who served.
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\nSeveral of Abingdon\u2019s war graves have been decorated to mark the occasion. The poppy wreath by six RAF graves in Spring Road Cemetery dates from a previous year and may get replaced. It commemorates the young airmen:
\nJ. Ralph – Pilot (30th September 1939, Age 19)
\nC.N. Robinson – Pilot Officer (18th December 1939)
\nM.H. Costello – Wireless Operator (8th April 1940)
\nH.B. Hunter – Air Gunner (12th March 1940, Age 19)
\nJ.M. Davies – Pilot Officer (8th April 1940)
\nH.B. Bennett – Aircraftman (10th June 1940, Age 23)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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