Ww1 Commemorations/Community Covenant
WW1 COMMEMORATIONS/COMMUNITY COVENANT
2014 Events and Exhibitions
Wednesday 26 February 2014Researching Your First World War Ancestors (talk)
Guildford Institute
Contact:
Trish Noakes/Jan Todd, Guildford Institute
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Saturday 1 March 2014100 Years On: The Art and Poetry of the First World War (talk/course)
Guildford Institute
Contact:
Trish Noakes/Jan Todd, Guildford Institute
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Wednesday 5 March 2014The Role of Women in World War One (talk)
Guildford Institute
Contact:
Trish Noakes/Jan Todd, Guildford Institute
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Wednesday 12 March -Fear and Miseryof the Third Reichby The Pranksters Theatre Company
Saturday 15 March 2014The Electric Theatre
Contact:
Jennifer Haynes, Pranksters Theatre Company
Thursday 22 May -The Two Worlds of Charlie F
Saturday 24 MayG live
(Play starring wounded military personnel and professional actors giving a soldier’s view of service, injury and recovery. Raising funds for the Royal British Legion.)
Contact:
RozCarter, G Live
Monday 26 May 2014Surrey County Diamond Jubilee Show commemorating World War 1
Stoke Park, Guildford(featuring the The King’s TroopRoyal ArtilleryMusical Drive)
Contact:
Sonia Ashworth, Surrey County Show
Saturday7June 2014Opening of WW1 commemorative flower bed
(11.00 a.m.)Castle Grounds, Guildford
Contact:
Phil Newcombe, Guildford Borough Council
Monday 16 June -Last Post: Remembering the First World War exhibition
Saturday 13 September 2014Guildford Museum
(Programme of events and activities planned in connection with the exhibition.)
Contact:
Lynn Szygenda, Guildford Borough Council
Sunday 22 June 2014Surrey Joint Services’ Charities Choral Matins and Armed Forces Day
flag raising and parade
Guildford Cathedral
Contact:
Canon Peter Bruinvels, Surrey Civilian-Military Liaison Adviser
Monday 23 June 2014Armed Forces Day flag raising
Guildhall
Contact:
Kate Foxton, Guildford Borough Council
Saturday 28 June 2014Freedom Parade by Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
High Street
Contact:
Kate Foxton, Guildford Borough Council
Wednesday 2 July 2014War Poets (reading)
Guildford Institute
Contact:
Trish Noakes/Jan Todd, Guildford Institute
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Saturday 19 July 2014Premiere of “Guildford and the Great War” by Circle 8 Film Group
The Electric Theatre
Contact:
Terence Patrick, Circle 8 Film Group
Sunday 27 July 2014Commemorative exhibition hosted by Puttenham Parish Counciland Puttenham History Society
Marwick Hall, School Lane, Puttenham
Contact:
Wendy Hazzard, Puttenham Parish Council
Surrey at War – living history, bands, guns, horses and picnics at the Front
RLC Deepcut
Contact:
Canon Peter Bruinvels, Surrey Civilian-Military Liaison Adviser
Saturday 2 August 2014Burpham will remember them
Sunday 3 August
Contact:
Trevor Greenwood
Sunday 3 August 2014Parade and service at St Peter and St Paul Church
West Clandon
Contact:
Fred Rawlings, West Clandon Royal British Legion
01483 212601
Commemoration service
St Mary’s Church, Worplesdon
Contact:
Bob McShee, Worplesdon Parish Council
Monday 4 August 2014Commemoration service (to be confirmed)
(outbreak of WW1)High Street (steps of Holy Trinity Church)
Contact:
Kate Foxton, Guildford Borough Council
WW1 Exhibition
Memorial Hall, Worplesdon
Contact:
Bob McShee, Worplesdon Parish Council
Tuesday 12 August 2014Commemorative flight and ride of motorcycles, followed by ceremony at St Mary the Virgin Church
Send
Contact:
Tony Shutt, St Mary the Virgin Church, Send
21 September 2014Re-enactment and march to Stoke Cemetery (provisional)
Stoughton
Contact:
David Rose
Sunday 12October 2014Surrey service to commemorate the start of WW1
Guildford Cathedral
Contact:
Tracey Jeffery, Surrey County Council (PA the SCC Chairman)
November 2014Blackheath at War 1914-1918 (exhibition, workshop and lectures)
Blackheath Village Archive
(A story of the 62 men who left the village for the horrorsof the trenches. A look at life back at home with the women and children and the impact of the war on everyday life.)
Contact:
Jayne Barlow, Blackheath Village Archive
Saturday 8 November 2014Parade followed by service at Addison Court and refreshments at Holy Trinity School
Charlotteville
Contact:
Gina Redpath
Sunday 9 November 2014Annual Service of Remembrance (Remembrance Sunday)
Holy Trinity Church
Contact:
Kate Foxton, Guildford Borough Council
Tuesday 11 November 2014Armistice Day
High Street, Guildford
Contact:
Kate Foxton, Guildford Borough Council
Monday 17 November 2014 -Caught in the Crossfire – artistic responses to conflict, peace and
Saturday 11January 2015reconciliation (exhibition)
(provisional)Guildford House Gallery
(Lecture programme planned on war artists in connection with the exhibition.)
Contact:
Lynn Szygenda, Guildford Borough Council