Students and staff from The Duke of York?s Royal Military School, Dover, took part in Remembrance events in London, Kent and Belgium
Remembrance Sunday 2022 saw members of The Dukies? Association (former students) join current students in a parade at the School?s War Memorial. This year marks the centenary of the Memorial?s dedication. The parade was inspected by Principal of Duke of York’s Royal Military School, Alex Foreman and Mr Simon Daglish assisted by Major Mark Ellis, Regimental Sergeant Major Dave Russell and Senior Under Officer and Army Scholar Daisy.
The School?s Royal Military Chapel of St Michael and St George hosted a service where the school Colours were laid upon the altar. The Duke of York’s Royal Military School is unique among English schools in that it has the right to carry Colours. DOYRMS Students at Menin Gate. Credit: Duke of York Military School
The second part of the pilgrimage saw a different group of Junior Under Officers travelling to Brussels to take part in the Gare Centrale Ceremonial Parade which takes place annually to welcome The British Torch to Brussels. The King?s Parade at the Tomb of The Belgian Unknown Soldier at the Colonne du Congres took place on 11th November.
This special parade marked the centenary of the dedication of the Unknown Soldier?s Tomb. The Junior Under Officers had the privilege of parading with Belgian Army, Navy, Air and Police Cadets. Later in the day, at a private ceremony at the Waterloo Memorial in...