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About this event
We are pleased to be able to share that on Friday 8th November we will be joined by the Wimbish Military Wives Choir for a very special and poignant Festival of Remembrance in St Peter & St Pauls Church in Clare.
The evening of music will will honour the service of, and the sacrifices made by British Armed Forces personnel, those who served in the past and those currently serving.
The evening will culminate in a Drumhead Service, a simple and dignified ceremony where Regimental drums are placed on top of each other to form an altar. This echoes a tradition dating back to the 1700s, when soldiers about to go into battle required a place for reflection and remembrance of their fallen comrades in the face of difficult times ahead.
Once the drums are stacked, the Standards are lowered, and the Last Post sounds and a two-minute silence is observed.