We are thrilled to learn of three more successful deliveries that took place this time last week. All three crosses were made in Rouen, France. Thame Remembered the following fallen soldiers: Lance Corporal Edward Benoni Burgess; Trooper Reginald George Farmbrough; and Corporal John Howlett DCM
We are thrilled to present the latest Thame Remembers newsletter. This edition focuses on our celebration reception for Victoria Cook (award winning BBC reporter), battlefield tour confirmation, project status update and a feature on 100 years ago. Enjoy the read and please share with others.
We are delighted to have received two videos from Tim Jones (who is a solider in The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment). He helped deliver a cross to Lance Corporal Ronald Frank Harris in January this year, at the Hanover War Cemetery in Germany.
Great nights celebration at Thame Museum on Friday 1 April, for the tremendous achievement of BBC reporter Victoria Cook’s television award. Pleased to see so many project supporters including most who attended the Battlefield Tour with Victoria. Image attached is Victoria with Dave Bretherton and Mike Dyer who arranged the gathering with Patsy Baker.
Last week we were contacted via e-mail from far distant New Zealand. The e-mails, which in many ways justify our project and all that we are trying to achieve, are shared with you here. Sandra says that she was emotional watching the videos but her words bring out emotions too. Corporal Joseph Brown died in […]
Despite our proud announcement last month we are having to make changes to the arrangements for the Battlefield tour. We have encountered problems getting suitable accommodation, primarily in Arras where there is a Motor Car rally on the weekend that we planned to visit. For various personal reasons it has not been possible to achieve […]
We are thrilled to present the latest Thame Remembers newsletter. This edition focuses on an award win for BBC Oxford reporter Victoria Cook, a report on our recent Poppy Factory visit and a lovely email from Sandra Choate in New Zealand (relative of Corporal Joseph Brown). Enjoy the read and please share with others.
A huge congratulations to BBC Oxford reporter Victoria Cook for winning a Royal Television Society award for “best feature within a news programme”. She was presented with her award at a ceremony in Winchester on Friday 4 March. To celebrate, we will be holding a small reception for Victoria in Thame in the next few weeks.
Last October, when we took our Battlefield Tour to France and Belgium, we were very lucky to be accompanied by Victoria Cook, a BBC Reporter who subsequently edited and broadcast four three minute features about Thame Remembers on BBC South News. We are thrilled to learn that Victoria has now been nominated for a Royal […]
Following the visit to the Poppy Factory, the party from Thame visited Kingston Cemetery to lay a Thame Remembers cross at the grave of Lieutenant Colonel George Alfred Edsell. The delivery was made by Allan Hickman.