Thame Remembers

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  1. Group visit Poppy Factory

    By Steve Perry | February 29, 2016 at 5:44 pm

    Last week a small group from Thame Remembers visited the Poppy Factory in Richmond, where many of the poppies and wreaths for Remembrance Day are manufactured for the British Legion. The visit included a presentation explaining the story of how the poppy became significant as a token of remembrance.

  2. New roll of honour page

    By Steve Perry | February 15, 2016 at 1:06 pm

    Further development work from Pentangle and Steve Perry has resulted in a combination of two website pages: roll of honour and delivery reports. We now offer a fully interactive filter which allows browsers to select soldiers by delivery status (all, open, allocated or delivered).  This has also created a webpage for each solider with all the […]

  3. Issue 17 now out!

    By Steve Perry | February 10, 2016 at 1:28 pm

    We are thrilled to present the latest Thame Remembers newsletter. This edition focuses on our new website developments, including the Thame Remembers Google Map functionality. This work has resulted in finding a new Thame soldier raising our target to 214 casualties. Enjoy the read and please share with others.

  4. New Google Map feature

    By Steve Perry | February 5, 2016 at 1:56 pm

    After months of hard work in the background by Steve Perry and Pentangle (Thame based IT consultancy), we are thrilled to have added new functionality to the website. You can now use a Google powered interactive map to find, locate and read about our fallen soliders. See here for details: View Map

  5. First cross delivery of 2016

    By Steve Perry | January 12, 2016 at 12:24 pm

    Last Saturday, 9 January, saw the first Thame Remembers cross delivery of 2016. Thame resident Corporal Tim Jones of the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment, currently stationed in Germany, laid a cross at Hanover War Cemetery in memory of Lance Corporal Ronald Frank Harris, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, who died on 5 April 1945.

  6. Issue 16 now out!

    By Steve Perry | January 4, 2016 at 10:09 am

    We are thrilled to present the latest Thame Remembers newsletter. This edition focuses on our latest delivery in Bahrain, videos added to the BBC Oxford website from the battlefield tour and various material from Christmas during the wars. Click here to read the newsletter.

  7. Gulf Delivery

    By Steve Perry | December 22, 2015 at 1:13 pm

    Another Thame Remembers cross was delivered last Sunday by Ann & Adrian Dite from Thame, who made the special trip to Bahrain whilst visiting their son in Doha for Christmas. They commemorated Warrant Officer Joseph Arthur Castle, who died in 1957 whilst serving in the Cyprus Conflict.

  8. The BBC Oxford coverage continues

    By Steve Perry | December 18, 2015 at 1:51 pm

    Memories of the battlefield tour will forever remain in the archives of BBC Oxford, thanks to the amazing work of Victoria Cook and her colleagues. The videos that she has produced (and aired across four separate nights in November)  are now available to be viewed on the following links: Film 1 (aired 6 November 2015) Film […]

  9. Issue 15 now out!

    By Steve Perry | December 3, 2015 at 2:00 pm

    We are thrilled to present the latest Thame Remembers newsletter. This edition focuses on Remembrance Sunday, Chinnor and Clifton Rugby Clubs, the hugely memorable Battlefield Tour and BBC reporter Victoria Cook. Click here to read the newsletter.

  10. Dave reading the Ode of Remembrance

    By Steve Perry | November 24, 2015 at 1:51 pm

    We thank BBC reporter Victoria Cook for images of Dave Bretherton (project leader) reading the Ode of Remembrance at Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium. A proud moment for Dave, the project and for the town of Thame. Here is a short video taken at the time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9blF_3Vya8g&feature=youtu.be

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