School children pay tribute to fallen on Armistice Day
Published in News on Friday November 11th, 2011
School children lay wreaths at the Armistice Day ceremony in Caerphilly town
School children from across the Caerphilly town area gathered to pay their respect and mark Armistice Day with a two-minute silence and wreath laying ceremony.
A service was held at 11am at the town’s cenotaph with local dignities ahead of the Royal British Legion’s service on Remembrance Sunday.
Philip Atkinson, a teacher at St Martin’s School, helps to organise the service every year with colleague Matthew Ferris.
After the ceremony Mr Atkinson said: “Matthew, who couldn’t be here today, works very closely with the Royal British Legion organising this and we do a lot of work on Remembrance in the school.
“This is a great chance to let children know what the Poppy is all about.”
For a full list of Remembrance Services across Caerphilly County Borough, please click here.
