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Hereford Cathedral
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Rehearsal – Mr Peter Snow
Somerset’s Book of Remembrance
be taken away and perhaps kept as a part of an archive.
The most moving part of the whole gathering was the return of the Book of Honour from the Altar to the Memorial Chapel. The escort to the Book was provided by four Buglers of The Rifles, demonstrating the strong enduring bond between the Services, community and the County Regiment. That same objective was achieved in Hereford Cathedral as poppies fell gently from the tower, while in Glouces- tershire both Cheltenham and Gloucester, the end of the Great War was marked in different way.
Successful Freedom Marches such as those recently organised at Leominster and Hereford by Herefordshire’s County Colonel will continue to have a part in marking our link with cities, towns and counties. But, for all sorts of reasons one must ring the changes and a return to intelligent KAPE activity may be a better way to assist recruiting while communicating our Rifles message.
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Freedom Marches – Leominster