Once again, as with the rest of the United Kingdom, Dorchester has remembered with the greatest respect those who have fallen in conflict over many years. Three acts of Remembrance have taken place, one on the Tenth of November, Remembrance Sunday, and two on Armistice Day, the Eleventh of November. KeeP 106 attended and provided the sound systems for all three services.
Below you can hear the recordings we have have made of the ceremonies, along with some photographs.
The Dorchester Service of Remembrance at the War Memorial was conducted by the Revd Keith Magee, Team Rector of Dorchester and the Winterbournes, and attended by a crowd of up to 2,000. The Bible reading was by the Mayor, Cllr Robin Potter, with the Exhortation and Kohima Epitaph delivered respectively by Maurice Osborne and Bill Harper, both from the Dorchester Royal Naval Association. The Last Post and Reveille were played by Joe Ansell from Perrott Hill School and the KeeP 106 commentator was Rob Mott supported by the technical team of Andy Worth and Andy Venton…
On the Eleventh day of the Eleventh month, 2024, Dorset Council held a well-attended Service of Remembrance at the Memorial Area outside the council’s HQ, County Hall in Dorchester. In the recording you will hear the Master of Ceremonies Mr Grant Parrott, County Chairman, Royal British Legion, Revd John Yarrien, Dorset South and West Methodist Church, and St Osmunds Choir. Cllr Stella Jones, Chair of Dorset Council, welcomes the assembled congregation…
Recording by Andy Venton
The Memorial Gates at the main entrance to the Thomas Hardye School serve as a poignant reminder of those ex Hardyeans of the school who lost their lives in armed conflict. In 1995 the Gates and Pillars were moved from the original Hardye’s School which was demolished with the land becoming a housing estate, but, on Armistice Day, the tradition of reading out the names of the fallen continues year on year in a ceremony attended by the entire student and staff population in excess of 2,000…
Recording by Andy Worth
Here are some images of the Remembrance events in Dorchester:
First some images of Remembrance at the Dorchester War Memorial (known by locals as ‘The Cenotaph’ since it is modelled on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London). These images are stills taken from a video by Pageant Productions which was live-streamed on the day on the Dorchester Town Council Facebook page. Follow this link to view the video: facebook.com/dorchestertowncouncil/videos/873787384923737
Next, images of the Remembrance Service at County Hall. All images by Andy Venton:
