16 August 2014

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ERIC Pickles and the band of the Royal Logistic Corps will attend next Saturday’s unveiling of the Sidney Godley memorial slab by the High Street War Memorial.

The Army band will leave the King Street car park at 10.45am and march up the London Road to the High Street followed by a TA unit and the town’s Army, Air Force and Navy cadets. After they have assembled in the High Street the unveiling will take place followed by short speeches from Mr Pickles and Town Mayor Nick Hodges.

The army band will then play for about 20 minutes before marching back to King’s Street car park from where they will depart.

Town Clerk Julie Holden has stressed that there will be no events taking place at East Court in connection with the unveiling.

The road will then be reopened and the East Grinstead Concert Band will play in 20 minute sessions until around 2.30pm to entertain the town centre crowds.

Guests at the ceremony – who will include members of the Godley family – will be entertained afterwards at the Ex Servicemen’s club opposite the Fire Station.

The work of installing the slab will be generously undertaken by local builders B J Babb in the week before the unveiling.