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St Andrew's Church, Taunton

Bill and Alan's Act of Remembrance

13 November 2005

One of the most moving moments in St. Andrew's 2005 Remembrance Sunday service took place when Bill King and Alan Mayfield (pictured above) laid wreaths as symbols of remembrance and hope.

Bill has recently returned from a visit to the battlefields where he served during World War II, and during his visit he managed to climb the 150 steps of the Arnheim Bridge.

After the laying of the wreaths Bill read The Kohima Epitaph:

When you go home

tell them of us and say,

for your tomorrow

we gave our today.

In his sermon, Vicar of St. Andrew's Julian Smith spoke of the lessons learned from World Wars I and II, and from the current conflict in Iraq:

• WWI - all life is precious and a God given gift

• WWII - the importance of challenging and standing up to evil

• Iraq - We must be careful who we have as our friends, as evil is evil no matter which 'side' it is on.

Ever-living God

we remember those whom you have

gathered from the storm of war into the

peace of your presence;

may that same peace calm our fears,

bring justice to all peoples

and establish harmony among the nations,

through Jesus Christ our Lord,

Amen.

Read the Poem In Flanders' Fields

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Photo - Martin Ingrams