Island joins Anzac Day remembrance
THERE was a good turnout at the Anzac Day remmembrance service held at Fort George yesterday morning.
St Peter Port senior constable Dennis Le Moignan was pleased with the service.
‘It went very well, we probably had close to 35 to 40 people, so it was a very good turnout and the weather was good as well,’ he said.
‘Anzac services are held shortly after daybreak as that is when the attacks happened and a lot of men died.
‘It is the tradition in New Zealand and Australia to have theirs at daybreak.
‘I think the UK had theirs at daybreak too.
‘Jersey had theirs at 5.30 this morning and we had ours at 7 o’clock.’
Mr Le Moignan said the services are usually more relaxed than other memorial ones and are family orientated.
It was a short service that included opening prayers and the Ode of Remembrance.
Later, there were bugle calls, the reading of a poem titled Gallipoli and the wreath laying.
The service ended with closing prayers.
Mr Le Moignan said there would definitely be a service next year, which they are already thinking about.
Anzac Day is celebrated in memory of the Australian and New Zealand army corps soldiers who took part in the battle of Gallipoli 103 years ago.
More than 11,000 Anzac servicemen lost their lives in the battle.
