Latest Updates
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Thame Remembers video in Italy
Huge thanks to Steve Bannister and Yvonne Maxwell for capturing their poignant delivery of crosses to Gunner Stanley Allen and Private Harry Phillips. They rest in Florence and Arrezo.
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Cuff Links and Stick Pins
The small cross badges that we sold last year proved very popular and so this year we also have stick pins and cuff links for sale. Stick Pins are £2.50 each & Cuff Links are £7.50 pair. Show your support for the project by purchasing and wearing an item. Get in touch to buy.
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Issue 9 now out!
We are delighted to present the latest Thame Remembers newsletter. Read about John and Hilary’s detailed visit to Korea, Lord Williams’s School trip to Normandy in June, more Thame discoveries, new cuff links and stick pins… plus much more. Download newsletter issue 9 now.
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Battlefield Tour SOLD OUT!
We are delighted to have sold out our October Battlefield Tour. It really has captured the imagination of the Thame community. We will be delivering a number of crosses along the way and these have been allocated to various people attending. See the roll of honour by location.
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TV coverage for Mike on “That’s Oxford”
On Friday 29 May, Mike Dyer from Thame Remembers appeared on a live chat show on ‘That’s Oxford’ TV (Freeview channel 8) to talk about the Thame Remembers project.
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Join the Battlefield Tour in October
Our Battlefield Tour has been confirmed for 29 Oct – 2 Nov 2015 and is nearly sold out, with only a few places left. The cost of the trip is £275 per person on B&B basis of two people sharing a room. Please contact David Bretherton on 01844 215178 for more information and to book a place.
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Issue 8 now out
The latest Thame Remembers newsletter is now available for you to read. Read about Steve & Verity’s trip to Normandy, a cross being delivered to Busan in Korea, a progress report on the whole project… plus much more. Download issue 8 now.
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Presentation to year 9 students ahead of Normandy trip
Mike Dyer and Dave Bretherton are making a presentation at Lord Williams’s School to a group of year 9 students and their parents to brief them on the project before they depart on a school trip to the Normandy beaches. Forty four students and four members of staff will be visiting the WW2 landing sites and surrounding area, […]
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April progress report
53 crosses have been delivered, 10 allocated, 18 provisionally allocated by individuals, 37 provisionally allocated by groups… and just 78 crosses remain. Most of the group allocation is for the Battlefield tour in October and so by the end of the year we will have passed half way.
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A Group with Similar Aims
During our recent trip to the Somme we found the name of another group in the Visitor Books at two cemeteries. Rutland Remembers has similar objectives in remembering and visiting their war dead, although they have confined themselves to WW1. We wish them well with their project and fully expect to encounter them again on […]