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                                  Remembrance for 110 (City of York) Squadron
By Flight Lieutenant Jo Tucker
Last year Remembrance was quite significantly different in York and throughout Britain. We managed to lay the wreath at the cenotaph and SAC Dave Lynes and his daughter Cadet Ruby Lynes held a two minute silence after Dave completed his poppy run to raise £272 for Royal British Legion.
Virtually, we explored the history of the Victoria Cross and Flight Lieutenant Jo Tucker described the story, where in the first presentation of the medal, Queen Victoria actually stabbed Commander Henry Raby RN, through the chest in the act of pinning the cross to his uniform (see also http://www.lordash- croftmedals.com/collection/henry-james-raby-vc/).
Flight Lieutenant Tucker visited the grave of Thomas Wilkinson VC who was awarded his Victoria Cross on June 7th 1855 for his actions in Sebastopol whilst bravely filling and placing sandbags on the batteries under heavy constant fire. Thomas was born in York and was interred in York Cemetery
in 1887 at the relatively young age of 55 (see also http://www.vconline.org.uk/thomas-wilkinson-1855- vc/4588536233).
Cadet Josh Perryman also shared his experiences with the rest of the Squadron from his school trip to the World War One Battlefields, Thiepval Memorial and the Menin Gate. He showed photos that he
took of the battlefields and described what it was like to walk among the graves, a rather sobering experience.
He showed photos that he took of the battlefields and described what it was like to walk among the graves,
a rather sobering experience
Wing Commander Dave Taylor (Retd), Flight Lieutenant Jo Tucker and Reverend Nigel Benson shared their stories of family members from World War One and Two. Mr Taylor’s father, Douglas Haig Taylor (pictured) was attached to the 6th Battalion Green Howards on D-Day and was one of the first ashore at Arromanches (Gold Beach Concrete Harbour); he was in the same landing craft as Company Sergeant Major Stan Hollis who was awarded the only VC on D-Day, and is seen here departing his home town for the festivities on the 50th Anniversary of D-Day.
Although we couldn’t be together to spend Remembrance in the traditional way, the cadets and staff of 110 still managed to share stories and most importantly ‘remembered them’.
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