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I wonder how previous generations of Dovorians would feel reading this thread. The Zeebrugge raid has a special local interest due to the involvement of the Dover Patrol, as well as Deal's Royal Marines. This town, along with Deal, has commemorated this event for the last hundred years, without complaint, because those who died in that raid deserve our remembrance. And yet now, when it comes to marking the centenary of the raid, it is being described as too expensive, or "over the top". Wow. This town is not the most prosperous part of the country, and never has been, but it has not, and should not, ever put a cost on respecting it's war dead. I struggle to think of anything more worthy of a few thousand pounds of the town council's money. Indeed, all the time there are people who want to commemorate the raid, whether they be from Dover, Deal, or further afield ( the representatives from Zeebrugge, Brugges and Flanders don't seem to complain), this town, and it's council should make every effort possible to facilitate those wishes. Hopefully, these ceremonies will continue for another hundred years. The men who gave their lives deserve it.