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05
Nov 2022
Ripon’s week of events to remember and honour the dead of two world wars and other conflicts, began today at the Royal British Legion Garden of Remembrance next to the cathedral.
Canon Ailsa Newby led prayers at a ceremony of blessing for the garden, which was created by the Ripon branch of the RBL in 2018.
The event, attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of Ripon Councillor Sid Hawke and his wife Linda, saw representatives of all armed forces gather, along with standard bearers (pictured below) veterans and members the Ripon branch of the Royal Engineers Association.
Canon Ailsa said:
The ceremony included a two-minute silence and afterwards small wooden poppy crosses, were placed near the RBL plinth in the garden by a number of attendees.
A serving officer with the Royal Engineers puts a poppy cross in place
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