The Sidcup War Pageant will be held on Saturday 18th June from 10am to 4pm along Sidcup High Street, with a programme of entertainment throughout the day and many stalls along the High Street. It promises to be a fantastic day with plenty to see and do. Do come and
We are very proud and delighted to report that the Trust’s WElling WILL REMEMBER THEM project has been awarded a Bexley Civic Recognition Award for Outstanding Achievement. This was one of only six such awards across the whole borough, and was given in recognition of the contribution we have made,
When Tom Martin, History Teacher at Bexley Grammar School, contacted Bexley Local Studies to find out if they had any local resources on the First World War, they put him straight onto the East Wickham and Welling War Memorial Trust. Tom wanted to teach his Year 9 students about the
The retiring collection at the 2015 Festival of Remembrance raised a magnificent £1500 for the charity Veterans Aid. Early in March, Trustees Nigel Betts, Warren Foot and Jeremy Watkins, and Secretary Linda Clayton went to the offices of Veterans Aid in Victoria to meet their CEO, former Wing Commander Dr
The Church was full on Sunday 8th November for our 20th annual Festival of Remembrance. The service started with a procession of the Union Flag by senior cadets of 358 (Welling) ATC and a ceremonial folding of the flag. The Belvedere Concert Band played pieces that ranged from Nimrod to
Below is a photo gallery of some of our guests. Photographs by Helen Redding and Sylvia Scotting
Preparations for the Festival started early in the year when the committee had the first of many meetings to decide on the programme of music and readings and who we would like to perform as soloists. There is much to do during the year to ensure the smooth running of
During the summer months members of the WElling WILL REMEMBER THEM project journeyed to the Somme region to trace the last steps of the men who fell in the battlefields. The countryside was scattered with graveyards and we laid wooden crosses and poppies on the graves and memorials of the
It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our longest serving Trustee, John Symonds, on 10th June 2015,John became a Trustee in the late 1980s when local solicitors, TG Baynes, took over the management of the charity. He remained a Trustee during the transition period of the
Following the collection at the 2014 Festival of Remembrance, we are delighted to be sending a donation of £1,700 to our chosen charity for the year, the Not Forgotten Association, which was founded just after the First World War to support the wounded. This is our largest collection ever and
