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Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Parade

12th November 2023

It never fails to impress me with the
number of veterans that apply to march
each year at the Cenotaph. Almost
10,000 veterans and 800 tri-service
personnel took part in this year’s
march-past by the Cenotaph with the
ACC Association forming up to mark
Remembrance Sunday.
The ACC Association received
nearly 100 applications to march this
year, with 60 plus marching on the day.
The Corps are limited to 60 marching,
but with some creative accounting (good
Master Chef attribute), the association
Above left and right,
Chefs reunited managed to accrue some extra tickets for
the day.
Although the Cenotaph is a sombre
day created to remember those that
died, were injured or served before us; it
Left, Ramillies Copse is also an opportunity for us veterans to association members in April looking Getting ready
gather and meet friends old and new pre for volunteers – keep an eye out for this
march and equalling post the march. For email and submit your application then. Left, curry Llunch
those who have not marched before but Our Sgt Major for 2023, as for the
would like to be considered for next year previous 28 years was Harry Lomas Below, stepping off
Below, Pre parade – the Secretary sends out an email to all (Honorary Colonel of 167 Regt RLC)
who I must say did a superb job keeping
us all in step (mostly). It was nice to see
that the Association was televised this
year with many, if not all captured either
by the BBC or the RBL YouTube feed, Below, Michael Brimacombe and
Post parade, we all retired to the granddaughter Evie
Victory Services Club to partake in a
curry lunch – prepared and served by our
ex-colleague Paul Mattocks. Pre-lunch,
the Association Chairman, Lt Col Nigel
Shepherd gave a welcome speech who
singled out Kevin Finch for comment
about his rather natty headdress – more
fitting a northern nanny rather than a
bowler hat.
I am always surprised with some of
the skills our members have, for exam-
ple Michael Brimacombe was sporting
a rather nice ACC scarf, only to find
that he had knitted it himself. Michael
marched on the parade who along
with 8 members of his family attended,
Above, Mad Hatters
including his granddaughter Evie, who
was impressed with the unlimited sup-
ply of poppadom’s.
2024 Cenotaph Parade. For those
that applied in 2023 but were unfortu-
nate not to have been allocated a space,
they will be first on the list to attend and
be allocated a ticket in 2024 as long as
Left. Para Chefs
you apply.
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