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Association members at the Minden Day Reunion 2018
Lt Col Harry Greenwood VC centenary stone and KOYLI Standard
KOYLI, Light Infantry and Rifles veterans march past during Freedom of Wakefield parade
IT HAS BEEN AN EVENTFUL AND BUSY 12-MONTH PERIOD WITH THE UNVEILING OF A NEW MEMORIAL TO THE KOYLI
The news from the Rifles Light Infantry & KOYLI Association Office in Yorkshire is that it has been an eventful and busy 12-month period with the unveiling of a new memorial to the KOYLI; freedom parades; Victoria Cross (VC) Centenary Stone unveilings; community engagement events and our usual full annual programme of association events.
Yorkshire (N&W) Army Cadet Force (ACF) provided an honour guard as Major (Retd) Andrew Penny KOYLI and LI presented the statuette to Councillor Sandra Pickin, the Armed Forces Champion for Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (WMDC). Also present were the leader of Wakefield MDC the member of Parliament for Pontefract. The statuette will go on permanent display in Pontefract library. Pontefract was the home of the KOYLI Depot in Pontefract Barracks giving the town a 140-year link with the KOYLI that continues today with company headquarters of Y Coy 8 RIFLES based in Minden House. The remaining statuette presentation to citizens of Kirklees will take place later this year in Dewsbury.
News from THE RIFLES, Light Infantry and KOYLI
To commemorate the historic and enduring links
between the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
(KOYLI) and the citizens of our freedom towns and
cities, The Association has presented silver statu-
ettes of the KOYLI memorial statue to them. The first
of the statuettes was presented to the Civic Mayor of
Doncaster, Councillor Majid Khan, on the day of the
KOYLI memorial unveiling and dedication ceremony.
On 15 Sep 18, during the freedom parades in
Wakefield and Leeds, the next two silver statuettes
were presented by Brigadier (Retd) Roger Preston
CBE KOYLI and LI to the Mayors of Wakefield and
Leeds. The latest presentation was made to the
citizens of Pontefract during the Pontefract Armed
Forces Day event on 6 Jul 19. Association Standard
Bearers and cadets from E (The Rifles) Coy Official guests included the Mayor of South Kirkby
Last year’s annual Minden Day Reunion function on 18 Aug 18 at the Grove Hall, South Kirkby. 150 Association members and their guests enjoyed an evening of entertainment that included the Light Division and Rifles Veteran Buglers Association. The evening commenced with a parade of KOYLI, LI and Rifles Standards from all our branches.
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