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and cakes to reward them for their part in the parade, whilst invited guests enjoyed a finger buffet kindly provided by Wellington Town Council.
REMEMBRANCE DAY 2023
Bearer of the Bridgwater Mayor’s Mace
at the recent Remembrance Sunday
commemoration and parade was
Cadet Corporal Hoyland of Somerset
ACF. Cianna Hoyland is a member of
Somerset ACF and a part of the team
that won the recent Rifles Cadet Cup.
The picture shows the mayoral party
just prior to the march past of veter-
ans and cadets within the town cen-
tre. Beforehand all had gathered at the town’s War Memorial before hearing the Bishop of Bath and Wells giving his address at nearby St Mary’s Church.
18 PLATOON SYDNEY JARY – WREATH LAYING
In the 1980s Sydney Jary wrote the book ‘18 Platoon’. It was first published ion April 1987. The book is now in its Seventh Edition and is available from Rifles Direct for The Rifles Office at Taunton (aotaunton@the-rifles.co.uk). The book became a recommended text on the reading lists of several military academies including Sandhurst and West Point. Following Sydney’s death in 2019, at the age of 95, his widow Helene donated his medals to RMA Sandhurst. The medals and contextual information are on permanent display within the Academy’s Library.
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