Remembering the residents of the Parish of Bentley (Suffolk) who lost their lives in World War l and World War ll.
Armistice Day - On the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month the guns fell silent.
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SERVICES of REMEMBRANCE 2008:
Click here to view the SERVICE of REMEMBRANCE held on the 9 November 2008
Click here to view the SERVICE of REMEMBRANCE held on the 11 November 2008
ROLL of HONOUR - Details about the Service Personnel listed on the memorial ROLL of HONOUR for other villages in Suffolk
BENTLEY WAR MEMORIAL
The Parish Council completed the refurbishment of the war memorial as part of their millennium project and annually, since then, services of remembrance have been held around the memorial. These services are always well supported by the local community. The school, together with the local community, also hold a 'Service of Remembrance'.
Each year since November 2001 a 'Chaplet' shaped wreath was supplied by a local resident for the Parish Council to lay during the ceremony with the words she had requested reading: 'From the Residents of Bentley - In Remembrance'
The Parish Council accepted this heartfelt gift and therefore did not purchase a wreath until the resident was no longer in a position to do so.
The names of the fallen from Bentley: (Listed on the Memorial)
We are the dead.
Short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
loved and were loved, and now we lie in Flanders fields.
When you go home, tell them of us and say
For your tomorrow, we gave our today. (Kohima Epitaph)
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Those who died in the 1914 - 18 war |
Those who died in the 1939 - 45 war
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They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old;
age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
ROLL of HONOUR - Details about the Service Personnel listed on the memorial
Military and Civil Service records including World War 1 Honours
Click here to view the Service Records
GPO employees who lost their lives during each war
| 08 May 1945 | VE Day - 'ON THIS DAY' - information from the BBC archive |
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| 15 August 1945 | VJ Day - 'ON THIS DAY' - information from the BBC archive |
(Click here to view the 2007 'Order of Service' sheet)
Click here to listen to the Last Post
Service of Remembrance on the 9 November 2008
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Service of Remembrance on the 9 November 2008 - The picture shows over 80 residents gathered around the Memorial to remember the fallen from all conflicts. (The picture below shows the service in progress) |
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Service conducted by Sandra Mehen |
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Sunday 9 November 2008 The Chaplet placed by the Parish Council
From the residents of Bentley |
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Laid in Remembrance of past colleagues
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 Wreath laid on behalf of the East Bergholt
& Brantham Branch
In Remembrance |
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Click here to visit the website of the Royal British Legion Suffolk
Click here to listen the the LAST POST
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Photographs of the Service of Remembrance on the 11 November 2008
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BENTLEY CEVCP SCHOOL
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Service held on Armistice Day 11 November Attended by the community and the pupils of Bentley CEVCP School |
 Service conducted by Don Mehen
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The East Bergholt Royal British Legion Standard
Reveille was sounded and the pupils laid crosses on the memorial In Remembrance |
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From the pupils and Staff of Bentley CEVCP School
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