Whitby High SchoolBattlefields Tour 22nd-25th March 2009 |
Cement House Cemetery
plus a note on British War Cemeteries
During our visit to the Salient, we were able to visit another relative of students on the trip.
This was a grave we had visited in 2004 when Lauren Worthington was able to visit her Great-Great Uncle Private Stanley Worthington. This time it was the turn of her younger sisters, twins Amy and Mary (Year 11).
Our guide Noel led a touching impromptu ceremony - the girls laid a flower they had specially brought with them, then read out the exhortation (Binyon's verse) and read out the details about Stanley contained in the cemetery index book. Before we left they signed the visitors book.
All the British Commonwealth War Graves are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Their web site is a must for those who wish to know the history of this or for records of those whose memorials are in their care. The first place to look is their web site:
Commonwealth War Graves website |
Older sister Lauren on her visit in 2004
In Memory of
Private STANLEY WORTHINGTON
Remembered with honour
Commemorated in perpetuity by
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