Yesterday, along with many others, I attended a commemoration service held for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme at Oxford Town Hall, which was hosted by The Lord Mayor of Oxford. The photograph above shows me in my official capacity of Vice Chairman of Oxfordshire County Council at the memorial plaque placed in honour of those who died serving the Oxfordshire and Buckingham Light Infantry during the Great War.
The poignant service was addressed by Brigadier Robin Draper CVO OBE who gave us a description of what it meant to be "Going over the Top" on 1st July 1916 in The Somme. The event was organised by the Oxford Branch of The Royal Green Jackets Association.
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.
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