Ceremony to mark centenary of Legion );
);
A WREATH will be laid on the steps of Henley town hall tomorrow (Saturday) to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Royal British Legion.
The Henley and Peppard branch of the charity will be recreating the moment when the national body was formed with the ceremony, which will begin at 9am, in line with current coronavirus restrictions.
A commemoration service will be held in St Mary’s Church at noon, conducted by Fr Jeremy Tayler, rector of Henley with Remenham.
Four legion standards will be present. The Henley branch standard will be presented by president John Green, the Peppard standard by Col Nicholas Launders, the Henley Army cadets’ standard by CSgt Jamie Forehand and the Dunkirk Veterans’ standard by James Nelson.
Town falls silent to mark death of Duke of Edinburgh );
HENLEY fell silent for one minute to mark the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.
A brief ceremony was held on the steps of the town hall at 3pm on Saturday, when Prince Philip’s funeral service at Windsor Castle started.
The silence was led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson from his official home at Chequers and thousands of towns across Britain took part.
Mayor Ken Arlett, his wife Mayoress Dorothy Arlett and deputy Mayor David Eggleton were joined by Oxfordshire deputy lieutenant Lynda Atkins and Ann Evans and John Green, who are chairwoman and president respectively of the Royal British Legion’s Henley and Peppard branch.