Hazlegrove remembers former pupils with ceramic poppies

The whole of Hazlegrove gathered at the flagpole shortly before 11am this morning for our traditional Service of Remembrance led by the Headmaster.

In preparation for the service, Pre-Prep have been busy making ceramic poppies again this year.  These beautiful poppies, similar in style to those surrounding the Tower of London in 2014, were laid at the base of the flagpole whilst former pupils of King’s Bruton Junior School, or Hazlegrove, who lost their lives in active service, were remembered.

The service started with a short address and a prayer by Mr Fenwick.  Poems “For the Fallen” by Robert Laurence Binyon and “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae were then read by staff and Colonel Khashi Sharifi, who had kindly joined us for the occasion, read “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke.  Nye J sounded the Last Post whilst the flag was lowered to half-mast and a minute’s silence was held before the Wake Up, played by Michael J. 

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Those remembered were as follows:

WW1: Eric Barnes, Gilbert Knowles Bazett, Arthur Birch, Denys Brinckman, Arthur Gardner Clayton, James Gardner Clayton, Henry Waite Dickinson, Thomas Frederick Stewart Flemming, R.N., Harold Edwin Hippisley, Paul Edward Hobhouse, Edward Philip Matthews, Archibald Douglas Mcrae

WW2: Raymond Lindsay Archer, Jack Beelaerts Van Blokland, John Patrick Boning, John Simcoe Cole, Donald Nevill Gallai-Hatchard, Frank Roy Godfrey, Kenneth Allan Melrose, Alfred Christopher Price, John Hursant Norman, D.S.C., John Strickland, James Murray Strickland, D.F.C., Simon Anthony, Cunningham Trestrail, George Ronald Vicary, Peter Coulson Whitwell, D.F.M., Robin Harry Williams

Afghanistan: Ben Ross