Minden Day

Description: Following Minden day it was decided by the CO that it was a most fitting and appropriate tribute to place the Minden garlands on the graves of the fallen; and so on the morning of the 2^nd August they  were removed from the Colours and were taken to Brookwood cemetery by the Officers Mess PMC, Maj Beart and Pte Nolan, Mortar Platoon.

In a simple ceremony Pte Nolan, laid the first Minden garland at the base of the tablet which honours the memory of Pte Wood of the Suffolk Regiment.  His body was never recovered from the battlefield and hence he has no grave and is remembered on the walls of the central memorial.  The second garland was placed against the stone inscribed ‘Their name liveth for evermore’.

Brookwood cemetery is surrounded by pine forest which keeps out the noise of suburbia and offers a peaceful haven of remembrance.  The cemetery is surprisingly large and it is very humbling to walk amongst the graves of so many British, American and Commonwealth soldiers.

The laying of the garlands in this way was a fitting way to remember and honour those that have died whilst serving with our former Regiments.