Roman Circus
House
You are invited
to our WW1 commemorative event on Sunday 24th August 2014 at Roman Circus House
and in the garden of the former Sergeants’ Mess Colchester to mark the
centenary of the start of British action in WW1 at the Battle of Mons
(23rd-24th August 1914) and to commemorate the XIVth Brigade RFA of the
Artillery Barracks and the Battle of Le Cateau (26th August 1914) and to
remember everyone who served in WW1
Roman Circus
House:
10.30am-4.30pm open
day with café, WW1 recipe cake, small exhibition including audio of a soldier
of the XIVth Brigade RFA
1.00pm &
2.00pm. guided tour of former Artillery
Barracks led by Peter Hall
3.00pm &
3.30pm. junior ‘Generation’ Corps of
Drums garden of the former Sergeants’ Mess:
4.00pm. songs and poems performed by three local soloists,
the Concord Singers, and Tim Freeman
4.30pm. drumhead service led by Father Richard Tillbrook,
with the Colchester Royal British Legion Standard-bearer and Harwich RBL brass band
bugler, including two-minutes’ silence
Colchester
Archaeological Trust
Roman Circus
House, Roman Circus Walk, Colchester CO2
7GZ
http://www.thecolchesterarchaeologist.co.uk
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