In honour of 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬, or Poppy Day as it is sometimes known, which is observed on 11 November each year, a Remembrance Day Service was held at the St James’ Anglican Church in Graaff-Reinet on Sunday, 12 November.
[ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 11 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘳. 𝘐𝘯 1918, 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘳 (1914-1918), 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯-𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 ‘𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘴’ 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 8 634 300 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴. ]
This is 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣, especially for the family and relatives of the fallen, and also for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, as we pay our respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
𝗪𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗿:
• Lt Charles M. de V. Booysen SAAF (1943)
• Lt Victor P. de Kock MBE DSC MID (1943)
• 2nd Lt Fanie Nieuwoudt SAAF (1943)
• Trooper Gerrit T. Ferreira (1944)
• Lt Ronald Briggs DFC SAAF (1944)
• Trooper John G. Erlank (1944)
• Lt Allan McCabe SAAF (1944)
• Lt Piet Welman SAAF (1944)
• Capt. A.C. Ramsay RE (1945)
• Flt. Sgt Billy Wright SAAF (1945)
• Lt Noel Wright SAAF (1945)
• L Cpl Mark A. Plateel SAMS (1981)
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘯𝘰𝘵 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.
