Armed Forces Day at East Court – town pays tribute to our Armed Forces

1 July 2014

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TOWN Mayor Nick Hodges and MP Sir Nicholas Soames were among those who paid tribute to Britain’s servicemen and women on Armed Forces Day at East Court’s War Memorial Gardens on Saturday.

A good crowd turned out to hear a Service of Thanksgiving given by Canon Clive Everett-Allen of St Swithun’s, and despite the heavy showers Sir Nicholas said he would not miss the occasion ‘for the world’.

The chairman of the East Grinstead branches of the Royal British Legion and the RAFA also laid wreaths, as did the Deputy Lord lieutenant of Sussex, Margaret Collins.

After the service the 1343 Sqn EG Air Training Corps gave a display in front of East Court.
The children from Halsford Park and Baldwins Hill school choirs sang, and the East Grinstead Concert Band played for an hour with a programme which included a singalong.

Later the Felbridge Army Cadet Corps were involved in a Military Display Exercise before the Standards were ceremonially Marched Off.

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