Guest 2- Registered: 18 Feb 2016
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#1
The following has been sent in about a special service taking place next month..
On September 26 in 1944 the last enemy cross channel shell fell on Dover (also the last to fall on the UK).
The 75th anniversary of this historic event is to be commemorated at a ecumenical service at St Mary’s Church, Cannon Street, Dover on Saturday, September 28th 1019 (10.30 am).
The borough of Dover received 2,226 German shells in the four years from August 1940, resulting in the deaths of more than 200 civilians as well as many Servicemen and women based in and around the town.
The object of the service is to:
Remember those Dover people killed by shelling
To honour the Servicemen and women who were killed by shelling and bombing in Dover
To show appreciation to the Canadian troops and others who captured the enemy guns,
To remember French civilians of the Calais-Boulogne area who were killed in the fighting
To give thanks that St Mary’s Church survived while the surrounding area was devastated
And to give thanks we now live in peace.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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#2
I held a small memorial service when I was Chairman a few years ago .It was held in the Castle Street offices .Perhaps it was the 70 th Anniversary
