Thame Remembers

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  1. Thame falls silent to remember the war dead

    By Steve Perry | November 12, 2017 at 1:30 pm

    The residents of Thame were again out in their numbers on Sunday 12 November for Remembrance Sunday. Steve Perry & Verity Platek (website manager and social media manager) delivered the Thame Remembers wreath whilst other members of the steering group collected money for the British Legion. The morning was made more special when two Chinook […]

  2. Issue 30 now out!

    By Steve Perry | October 5, 2017 at 12:02 pm

    We are thrilled to present the latest action packed Thame Remembers newsletter. This edition focuses on our achievements to date regarding the naval memorial, our hosting of Llanddulas Remembers in North Wales and details of our Plymouth and Tower Hill deliveries, plus much more.

  3. Project progress report

    By Steve Perry | September 20, 2017 at 12:26 pm

    We we fast approaching our final year of the project and we are proud of the achievements to date. So far, we’ve delivered 172 crosses and wreaths all over the globe and have just 25 remaining open for delivery. We appreciate some of these include some challenging destinations, but we have not given up hope […]

  4. Issue 29 now out!

    By Steve Perry | August 29, 2017 at 1:04 pm

    We are thrilled to present the latest action packed Thame Remembers newsletter. This edition focuses on a letter from a relative of Charlie Bristow GM, details of our legacy book and how you can pre-order your copy for October 2018, plus much more.

  5. Thame Remembers Legacy Book

    By Steve Perry | August 1, 2017 at 12:33 pm

    It was always in our plans to leave a legacy of the Thame Remembers project in the form of an album of events and activities lodged at Thame Museum and the Town Hall. However, it became clear early in the project that many of our supporters, and those who participated by the laying of crosses […]

  6. Issue 28 now out!

    By Steve Perry | July 13, 2017 at 8:41 am

    We are thrilled to present the latest action packed Thame Remembers newsletter. This edition focuses on the Battlefield tour in May, our June trip to Portsmouth Naval Memorial and details of crosses which remain to be delivered, plus much more.

  7. More BBC South Today coverage

    By Steve Perry | June 25, 2017 at 12:14 pm

    We were pleased to be joined in Portsmouth by Victoria Cook and her team to capture our wreath delivery at the naval memorial. The 3 minute coverage was then shown on BBC local news later in the evening.

  8. Thame remembers the fallen at Portsmouth Naval Memorial

    By Steve Perry | June 15, 2017 at 12:51 pm

    A number of local Thame residents took the coach trip to Portsmouth to remember our 9 fallen sailors and to lay a wreath at the foot of the naval memorial. The ceremony included many dignitaries and more information will be provided in our next newsletter.

  9. Battlefield Tour leaves Friday

    By Steve Perry | May 17, 2017 at 7:40 am

    We will be visiting, in Belgium; Ypres (including the Menin Gate Last Post Ceremony on the Saturday evening), Poperinge, Hooge Crater and preserved battle field, Tyne Cot Memorial and cemetery, and Essex Farm Cemetery where John McRae wrote ”In Flander Fields”. And in France; Theipval Memorial to the missing of the Somme, Beaumont Hamel preserved […]

  10. New names for the War Memorial

    By Steve Perry | May 16, 2017 at 9:40 am

    Thame Remembers have now completed the first round of submitting names and supporting evidence, for scrutiny by a Town Council Working Group, of men who it is believed were missed off the Thame War Memorial and who can hopefully be added at a future date.

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