Villagers in West Grinstead get set to mark Remembrance Day

By The Newsroom
Published 5th Nov 2018, 07:30 BST
A Remembrance service in West Grinstead in 1922 SUS-181031-162159001A Remembrance service in West Grinstead in 1922 SUS-181031-162159001
A Remembrance service in West Grinstead in 1922 SUS-181031-162159001
A special Remembrance Day service is to be held in West Grinstead on November 11.

The ceremony has been organised for the past 18 years by Thelma and George Brown. This year, says Thelma, the service will be even more poignant as it marks the centenary of the end of the First World War.

George, 97, who served with the Royal Corps of Signals during the Second World War, is the last of the Army’s despatch riders.

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When he and Thelma began organising the village Remembrance service in 2000, “there were only about four of us,” said George. This year scores are expected to attend.