Sanderstead residents gathered at All Saints Church today to mark Remembrance Sunday and as Councillors we were immensely privileged to be asked to participate again today.
Readings were provided by the Scouting groups and members of the congregation, whilst the Reverend Jeremy Groombridge reminded us that we are not just remembering past wars and that there has been no 'War to end all wars'. We especially remember those who dying or are being injured in Ukraine.
Wreaths were laid by Cllrs Helen Redfern and Yvette Hopley and by representatives of Sanderstead Residents Association, Sanderstead and Selsdon Rotary Club and Sanderstead's local Police team. Residents also had an opportunity to place their wooden crosses in the grass in front of the war memorial.
In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
