The Armed Forces Day flag is flying over St Peter’s Hill in Grantham after a ceremony on Monday to mark the start of Armed Forces Week (19 – 24 June).
Military representatives joined South Kesteven District Council elected members and staff, Kings School military cadets and Royal British Legion officials and standard bearers.
SKDC Chairman Gloria Johnson welcomed guests and said:
“Our Armed Forces Day flag raising ceremony is an opportunity for us to come together to recognise and celebrate the wonderful service provided by our regular and reservist soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines, past and present, and the families that have supported them in turn.
“It is so important that we continue to recognise and show appreciation for the Armed Forces, and I would like to thank you all for joining us today for this flag raising ceremony.”
Captain James Ellen, representing Prince William of Gloucester Barracks in Grantham, said; “Thank you for the support the council and the local community show to members of the Armed Forces, military veterans, their families and cadets.
“Reserves Day on 21 June is an excellent opportunity this week to show support for all reservists in our community and their employers.”
John Knightall, President of the Grantham branch of the Royal British Legion, read the WWl poem For the Fallen: “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.”
Prayers were delivered by Robert Holland and The Last Post and Reveille were played by cadet bugler James Diamond
The flag will remain flying until National Armed Forces Day on 24 June 2023
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