VE Day Beacon Lighting in Folkestone
A VE Day 80 Beacon Lighting event is due to take place on Thursday 8th May at the Bandstand/Beacon on The Leas in Folkestone. More details
Ashford leaders commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2025
Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 in Ashford Leaders from Ashford Borough Council and local representatives gathered at the Ashford Memorial Gardens yesterday to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2025. A poignant service…
Folkestone Remembers: Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration
Library image: Ray Duff Report by Ray Duff: A poignant ceremony was held at the Garden of Remembrance in Sandgate Road, Folkestone on Monday 27th January 2025 to mark Holocaust…
Community mourns loss of Tsige Simmons
Photo and words by Ray Duff The flowers and other memorials at St John’s Church More than 100 people from Folkestone gathered at St. John’s Church on Monday, January 20th,…
Folkestone honours the fallen with THREE Remembrance Services
Photo: Mark Hourahane Folkestone paid tribute to those lost in war with three poignant Remembrance Services held throughout November. The first service, a solemn dedication of the Garden of Remembrance,…
84-years on and new member of the Few added to roll of honour near Folkestone
Photo: David Martin https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ The ranks of Churchill’s ‘Few’, the heroes of the Royal Air Force who saved this country from a Nazi invasion in 1940, have increased following the…
Remembering them at the RAF Memorial Stone on Folkestone Leas
Members of the RAF Cadets lay their wreaths Photo: Ray Duff Photos and words by Ray Duff On a solemn Sunday evening, people gathered on the Leas beside the RAF…
Folkestone commemorates Battle of Britain Day
RAF War Memorial, Folkestone Photo: Folkestone Town Council The Battle of Britain Day in Folkestone is to be commemorated with a wreath laying service at the RAF War Memorial at…
Folkestone prepares for VJ Day celebration of ending combat in the Second World War
War Graves in Hawkinge Crematorium ::: VJ Day (Victory over Japan Day) is the celebration of the surrender of Japan, ending combat in the Second World War on 15 August…
Folkestone commemorates Canadian WW1 soldiers who died and are buried at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery
Mayor Photo: Steve Wood The annual Canada Day Service in Folkestone which commemorates the 305 Canadian soldiers who died during WWI and are buried in the Shorncliffe Military Cemetery took…