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the field of remembrance Westminster Abbey, Wednesday 4th November 2020 Foreword Welcome to the Field of Remembrance The Poppy Factory today provides 2020 held at Westminster Abbey. employment support to hundreds of ex-forces men and women with health In this exceptional year we find ourselves conditions across the country and in their marking Remembrance in the middle of communites. a pandemic. The opening of the Field of Remembrance is an event we look The Field will be completed on forward to every year. An opportunity to Wednesday, 4th November and there will connect with the military family and pay be an online gallery of individual plots at our respects to those who have lost their www.poppyfactory.org lives in conflict. Due to virus restrictions there will be dramatically fewer attendees to the opening than in previous years, but that will not stop us from marking this very important occasion. This year a total of 308 plots have been laid out in the names of military associations and other organisations. Remembrance crosses and symbols are provided so that ex-Service men and women, as well as members of the public, can plant a symbol in memory of fallen comrades and loved ones. The Poppy Factory began in 1922, offering wounded, injured and sick veterans a place of employment producing Remembrance products for The Poppy Factory staff and volunteers help build the The Royal British Legion Field of Remembrance every year. and the Royal Family. order of service 1:55PM Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall arrives at the Field of Remembrance and is greeted by The Dean of Westminster Abbey (The Very Reverend David Hoyle). Prayers are offered and Her Royal Highness will lay a personal Cross of Remembrance. 2:00PM The ‘Last Post’ will be sounded from the parapet of St Margaret’s Church by a Bandsman of the Irish Guards. Exhortation to Remembrance by Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis CBE DL, President of The Poppy Factory. A silence followed by `Reveille’. Her Royal Highness will be invited to review the plots. MEmORIAL PLOT MAP PLEASE FIND THE FULL LIST OF PLOTS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER TOWARDS THE BACK OF THIS PROGRAMME History of the poppy factory The Field of Remembrance is created senior member of The Royal Family. and organised by The Poppy Factory, the national employability charity for veterans Remembrance symbols and poppies for the with health conditions. Field are made at The Poppy Factory, which was founded in 1922 by Major George The first Field of Remembrance was held Howson MC, a British Army on 11th November 1928 when Major officer who was awarded the Military Cross George Howson MC, founder of The in 1917. George Howson’s vision for the Poppy Factory, along with a number of charity was to provide employment for wounded ex-Servicemen from the factory, veterans injured during the First World War. gathered around a battlefield cross outside Westminster Abbey. These veterans were employed making Remembrance products for The Royal From this beginning, the annual Field British Legion and for the Royal Family in of Remembrance has grown. It’s visited Richmond Upon Thames, and production by thousands of members of the public continues there to this very day. each year. The Field is now laid out in individual Navy, Army and Royal In recognition of the changing needs of Air Force plots, as well as plots for today’s veterans with health conditions, many civilian and other organisations. The Poppy Factory launched an additional programme in 2010, helping the wounded, The Field opens every year on the injured and sick back into employment Thursday before Remembrance Sunday within their own local communities. at a ceremony that is attended by a Our work Supporting Veterans Throughout England and Wales, The The postive impact for each individual Poppy Factory supports veterans can be far-reaching, from more secure who face mental and physical health finances, improved mental health and challenges on their journey into wellbeing and a supportive local network. employment. Our approach is veteran led, and focuses on each individual’s needs, supporting them to develop their skills and confidence and explore new opportunites for a fulfilling working life. The Poppy Factory today provides employability support to hundreds of ex-forces men and women across the country and in their communites. Our focus is on three key areas: engagement and outreach, getting Locations of our veterans back to employment and Employability Consultants ongoing in-work support. DONNA’s story AnDY’s Story Army veteran Donna Purnell After a 12-year RAF career, Andy experienced mental health challenges and transferred his engineering skills to the reached breaking point years after leaving civilian world, until a combination of work service. and mental health pressures led to burn- out. Donna said: “I was medically discharged from the Army because of my mental Andy said: “I was working very long hours health, and I really lost my way. I went and flying off the handle at the smallest from one bad job to another. things. My wife dragged me to the GP. He listened to me and said it sounded like I “When I felt it was time to look for a job, had post-traumatic stress disorder. I was introduced to Natalie at The Poppy Factory. “I was signed off from work as long-term sick in August 2019, then “Natalie knew about an opportunity Covid-19 came along and hit the coming up with the Family Foundation, aviation industry really hard. a community support charity, and she encouraged me to look out for it and get “After being referred to The Poppy in touch. Factory for employability support I would talk to my adviser, Kirsty, over the phone “When I found out I’d got the job, the first regularly, she really got to know me and thing I did was phone Natalie. She was as she inspired a lot of confidence. I’m chuffed as I was.” happy with my work now and I look forward to getting up in the mornings.” ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF MEMORIAL PLOTS PLOT N° PLOT N° ADEN VETERANS ASSOCIATION 306 CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS 283 ADJUTANT GENERAL’S CORPS 270 CRETE VETERANS AND FRIENDS SOCIETY (UK) 157 AIR CREW ASSOCIATION 72 CZECHOSLOVAK VETERANS (MEMORIAL ASSO- AIR GUNNERS ASSOCIATION 72 CIATION) 149 AIR SEA RESCUE 70 AIRBORNE FORCES 244 DERBYSHIRE YEOMANRY 208 ALGERINES ASSOCIATION 100 DEVONSHIRE & DORSET REGIMENT 168 ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS 288 ARMY AIR CORPS 242 DRAGOON GUARDS & DRAGOONS: ARMY CADET FORCE 142 ARMY CATERING CORPS 139 1ST THE KING’S DRAGOON GUARDS 228 ARMY FILM AND PHOTO UNIT 141 1ST THE QUEEN’S DRAGOON GUARDS 228 ARMY PHYSICAL TRAINING CORPS 136 3RD CARABINIERS (PRINCE OF WALES) 227 ARNHEM CROSS 244 4TH/7TH ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS 226 ARTILLERY REGIMENT 282 5TH ROYAL INNISKILLING 226 ARTISTS’ RIFLES 246 LIGHT DRAGOONS 191 ASSOCIATION OF RAF WOMEN OFFICERS 68 QUEEN’S BAYS (2ND DRAGOON GUARDS) 228 ASSOCIATION OF WRENS 96 ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS 226 AUSTRALIA 151 ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS (CARABINIERS AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE 265 AND GREYS) 227 THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS (2ND DRAGOONS) 227 BEDFORDSHIRE & HERTFORDSHIRE REGIMENT 182 WESTMINSTER DRAGOONS 198 BEVIN BOYS VETERANS 122 BLACK WATCH 293 DUKE OF CORNWALL’S LIGHT INFANTRY 301 BOMBER COMMAND 71 DUKE OF LANCASTER’S REGIMENT 183 BORDER REGIMENT 183 DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S REGIMENT 173 BRITISH KOREAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION 256 DUNKIRK LITTLE SHIPS ASSOCIATION 254 BRITISH NUCLEAR TEST VETERANS ASSOCIATION 69 DUNKIRK VETERANS ASSOCIATION 255 BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY 124 DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY 163 BRITISH SALONIKA ARMY (1915-1918) 239 BUFFS (ROYAL EAST KENT REGIMENT) 187 EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT 183 BURMA STAR ASSOCIATION 252 EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE YEOMANRY 207 EAST SURREY REGIMENT 190 CAMBRIDGESHIRE REGIMENT 182 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT 175 CAMERONIANS (SCOTTISH RIFLES) 294 ESSEX REGIMENT 182 CANADA 150 ESSEX YEOMANRY (R.H.A.) 200 CHESHIRE REGIMENT 179 CHINDITS 250 FALLEN OF OTHER NATIONS 146 CITY OF LONDON YEOMANRY 197 FAR EAST PRISONERS OF WAR ASSOCIATION 260 CIVIL DEFENCE 113 FELLOWSHIP OF THE SERVICES 257 CIVILIANS KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION 112 FIFE & FORFAR YEOMANRY 209 COASTAL FORCES VETERANS ASSOCIATION 88 FIRE SERVICES 125 COASTGUARDS (HM) 97 FIRST AID NURSING YEOMANRY (THE PRINCESS COLLEGE OF MIDWIVES 117 ROYAL’S VOLUNTEER CORPS) 145 COMBINED CADET FORCE AND ARMY CADET 142 FIRST ARMY (DJEBELS) ASSOCIATION 251 FORCE 249 FLEET AIR ARM 89 COMMANDOS 129 CONNAUGHT RANGERS GALLIPOLI VETERANS ASSOCIATION 152 3RD/4TH COUNTY OF YEOMANRY (SHARPSHOOT- GLIDER PILOT REGIMENT 243 ERS) 201 GLOUCESTER & GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENTS 165 CORPS OF ARMY MUSIC 140 GORDON HIGHLANDERS 290 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF MEMORIAL PLOTS PLOT N° PLOT N° GREEN HOWARDS 174 KING’S REGIMENT 183 KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS 170 GUARDS AND HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY KING’S SHROPSHIRE & HEREFORDSHIRE REGIMENTS: LIGHT INFANTRY 162 KOREAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION 256 BLUES & ROYALS 236 COLDSTREAM GUARDS 229 LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS 172 GRENADIER GUARDS 233 LANCASHIRE REGIMENT (PWV) 183 IRISH GUARDS 230 LIFE GUARDS 237 LANCERS: ROYAL DRAGOONS (ROYALS) 235 ROYAL HORSE GUARDS (THE BLUES) 234 ROYAL LANCERS (QUEEN ELIZABETH’S OWN) 193 SCOTS GUARDS 232 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES) 193 WELSH GUARDS 231 QUEEN’S ROYAL LANCERS 193 GURKHA BRIGADE 308 LEGION OF FRONTIERSMEN 238 LEINSTER REGIMENT 128 HEREFORDSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY 162 LIGHT INFANTRY 167 HERTFORDSHIRE & BEDFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY 210 LONDON SCOTTISH & LIVERPOOL SCOTTISH 221 HERTFORDSHIRE REGIMENT 182 HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY 296 LONDON REGIMENTS: HOME GUARD ASSOCIATION 127 HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY 194 11TH FINSBURY RIFLES 215
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