Village Voice Oct/Nov Issue 188

At 19.00 Beacons will be lit in every corner
of the nation and at 19.05 Church bells will be
“Ringing out for Peace".
As Beacons blaze and church bells ring
around the country Penn and Tylers Green will
be participating in this nationwide programme.
Volunteers from the British Legion, The P&TG
Residents Society and the church will
coordinate a parallel service of tribute to the
fallen servicemen of Tylers Green and Penn.
58 crosses, with names attached will be
erected in a grid pattern on the front common
along with a flagpole and beacon.
It is anticipated that a schools programme will
be in place so our children will be able to learn
more about the stories of these local residents
and where possible, visit their old homes.
Bill Sadler
Penn and Tylers Green will be making its own
special tribute to the 58 men known to have
died in the community fighting in the First
World War when the country commemorates
the centenary of the end of the conflict on
Sunday 11 November.
Crosses bearing the name of each of the fallen
will be erected on the front common for the
week of Remembrance. At 7pm on the evening
of 11 November a beacon will be lit as part of a
special service to which everyone in Penn and
Tylers Green will be invited.
In addition a special exhibition will be on
display for the whole week at Tylers Green
Village Hall paying tribute to our local soldiers,
sailors and airmen who died. It will also show
what life was like in Penn and Tylers Green
during the Great War. If you have any
memorabilia or photographs which could be
used in the exhibition please contact Tina at
the village hall.
The crosses on the common idea originated
from Jan Carey of Hillcroft Road, Tylers Green,
whose husband David is constructing them.
If any local businesses, community
organisations or individuals would like to help
sponsor these and other events, please contact
Jan on 01494 815032. Peter Brown
www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk
Village Voice October/November 2018
Royal British Legion
Remembrance Services
The Royal British Legion is
recognised as the
nation’s custodian of
Remembrance. As
part of this
commitment, in
November each year
at local war memorials
and churches around
the country, and the
Cenotaph in Whitehall, the Legion
holds Remembrance Services to honour The
Fallen. This year, will be a commemoration of
the centenary of the end of the First World War.
The local Branch of the Royal British Legion
organises a Remembrance Service every
Remembrance Sunday in a church within its
area of Hazlemere, Tylers Green and Penn. This
year the service will be held in Holy Trinity
Church, Amersham Road, Hazlemere, 3.00pm
on Sunday 11th November. Representatives
from County, District and Parish Councils have
been invited to attend, and local youth
organisations will take an active role in the
service. Everyone is welcome to attend and
refreshments will be served after the service.
Wreaths will be laid at the service and a
2-minute silence will be marked by the Last
Post and Reveille bugle calls. After the service,
the Legion will place the wreaths on the war
memorials in Penn, Tylers Green and
Hazlemere.
This year, Remembrance Day and
Remembrance Sunday both fall on the 11th
November and villagers can be expected to
attend morning service in their own church.
Therefore, the traditional 11 o’clock service on
the Back Common will not be held.
Last year, the Legion began a new initiative
called ‘Remembrance in the Homes’.
Remembrance Services were held for the
residents of Alde House, Bury Lodge and
Hazlemere Lodge in the week leading up to
Remembrance Sunday. The services were a
shortened version of the traditional format with
bugle calls, hymns and prayers, flags and
wreaths. The services were enthusiastically
received and will be held again this year.
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