Vital role of merchant seafarers commemorated in Dover
A Merchant Navy Day service and wreath laying ceremony is being held at the Merchant Navy War Memorial on Marine Parade on Dover Seafront at 11am on Friday 1 September.…
Folkestone commemorates VJ Day with service and wreath-laying ceremony
The ceremony in Folkestone Photo: Folkestone Town Council In Folkestone, VJ Day was commemorated on 15 August, by a service and the laying of wreaths at the Burma Star Memorial…
Folkestone to honour VJ Day with service and wreath-laying ceremony
Burma Star Memorial in the Garden of Remembrance Photo: Folkestone Town Council Folkestone Town Council invites the public to join the commemoration of VJ Day, the day that marked the…
Folkestone hosts tribute to Ukraine’s struggle
The installation in Bouverie Place Photo: Ray Duff By Ray Duff – In a shopping centre in the heart of Folkestone stands a tribute to a distant land where people…
Hundreds of Folkestone schoolchildren lay posies on Canadian soldiers’ graves
Photo: Folkestone Town Council On Friday 30 June, Folkestone honoured the 305 Canadian soldiers who gave their lives in WWI and rest in the Shorncliffe Military Cemetery. The Canada Day…
30th anniversary of ‘Queen Mum’ unveiling National Memorial to the Few at Capel-le-Ferne
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother at the opening of the Memorial in 1993 While locals will know that Capel-le-Ferne is renowned for its microclimate, the weather on Sunday…
National Memorial to the Few to mark 30th anniversary of unveiling by Queen Mother
The 30th anniversary of the unveiling of the National Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne in Kent, is set to take place in July. The once simple clifftop tribute to the fewer-than 3,000…
Unprecedented narrative history of the Battle of Britain published
The first book in an unprecedented history of the Battle of Britain by renowned author and historian Dilip Sarkar MBE has now been published. Battle of Britain – The Gathering…
Kent charity receives royal backing from Duke of Edinburgh
Gunner Albert Figg The Duke of Edinburgh has sent his personal best wishes to a Kent charity that staged the Scottish premiere of its unique film about one of the…
80th Anniversary of the 1943 Bombing Raid on Ashford
The Mayor of Ashford, Councillor Jenny Webb is inviting people in the town to join her on Friday 24 March 2023, in marking the 80th anniversary of one of Kent’s…