Village Voice Dec/Jan 2019 Issue 189

Village Voice December 2018/January 2019
WORLD WAR ONE
CENTENARY
COMMEMORATION
The commemoration to mark the
centenary of the Armistice in the First
World War was marked in a number of
ways in Penn and Tylers Green...
On the front common a display of crosses to
recognise the 60 men connected with the
villages who are known to have died because of
the conflict provided a sombre yet dignified
reminder of the cost a small community like this
paid in the Great War.
Alongside the crosses, a simple and
beautifully designed beacon was widely
admired. In a short but moving ceremony on
Sunday 11 November the beacon was lit at 7pm
as part of a national Battle’s Over ceremony
symbolising an end to the darkness of war and a
return to the light of peace. Hundreds of people
attended the ceremony.
In Tylers Green Village Hall a fortnight-long
exhibition showed what life was like in the
villages during the Great War and highlighted
some of the local personalities and families
involved in that momentous time. The
exhibition was visited by hundreds of people,
including children from Tylers Green Middle
School and Manor Farm Community Junior
School who came on educational visits.
In addition, maps were produced for two
commemorative walks. The first involved a tour
around a dozen homes in Tylers Green and Penn
where some of the fallen had lived. Information
boards were attached to the gateposts of the
houses to tell people a little more about the men.
The second map was a revival of the Tylers
Green Memorial Tree route - trees that were
planted in the 1930s in memory of the men
named on the village war memorial. New
plaques were installed by the trees and during
Remembrance week Jan Carey lit each one with
tea light. Specially painted “peace pebbles”
were placed by the trees and on the village war
memorials by members of the P&TG Evening WI.
Thank You
Many people were involved in the
commemoration arrangements and thanks go to
all those who participated in any way. In
particular thanks go to the following:
Penn and Tylers Green Residents’ Society for
paying for all the printing; Tylers Green Village
Hall Trustees for covering the exhibition costs
and providing the “Tommy” silhouette; Chiltern
District Council, Chepping Wycombe Parish
Council and Cllr Katrina Wood for financial
contributions and Penn Parish Council for the
silhouette on the common.
The memorial on the common: Bill Sadler,
Dave and Jan Carey, Brian Harwood, Keith
Sadd, Geoff Jones and Melvin, Geoff Roberts,
Kevin Hawes with Pete and James, Chris
Sadler, Chris Dunkley, Giles Robinson, Craig
Bushell, Russell Read, Adrian Cooper and
P&TG Scouts.
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