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The Royal British Legion 2006 Poppy Appeal  The house-to-house collection dates for this year's national Poppy Appeal are from Saturday, 28th October to Saturday, 11th November 2006, inclusive. Our band of volunteer collectors with their poppies will be knocking on doors in the parishes of Pilton and North Wootton seeking donations. Static collection points will also be at the Pilton village shop, the post office and in the Crown Inn. It is hoped that there will be the usual generous response.
 Remembrance Sunday - 12th November, 2006.
The annual brief ceremony at the Pilton War Memorial will take place starting at 10.55am. This year we shall be welcoming a new trumpet player to play the two bugle calls: "Last Post" and "Reveille" that mark the beginning and end of the two minutes silence; and the British Legion standard will be carried by a young NCO from the Shepton Mallet ATC. The service usually finishes at about 11.05am The Remembrance Day service at the parish church will follow shortly afterwards. At the end of the church service, the congregation is invited to enjoy a glass of sherry, or soft drink, taking the opportunity to meet up with old friends and catch up on things. Ken Dilkes Pilton Branch, The Royal British Legion "They shall not grow 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 shall remember them" Written by Laurence Binyon. Taken from the Poem ' For The Fallen' First published in the Times Newspaper on September 21st 1914. It was written as a reaction to the high casualty rates of the British Expeditionary Force at Mons and Le Cateau but these four famous lines have now taken an existence of their own that apply to all war casualties. To read the whole Poem go to the Royal British Legion Page or click HERE |
Those from Pilton that fell 1914 - 1918 
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