THE TEMPSFORD AIRFIELD BARN CEREMONY

13th November 2011
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WITH THE KIND PERMISSION OF
THE COUNTESS OF ERROLL


GUESTS

 MR GEORGE JONES
VETERAN 138 SQUADRON

MR NORMAN RICHES
VETERAN 138 & 161 SQUADRON

FLIGHT LIEUTENANT MARK ROBINSON
22 [SANDY] SQUADRON ATC


OFFICIATING MINISTER

 REVEREND MARGARET MARSHALL



ATC STANDARD BEARER

 CORPORAL DORRELL


READER

 CORPORAL PHOENIX


BUGLER

 MARK STAFFERTON


ORDER OF CEREMONY

 READINGS

Corporal Phoenix ATC read a poem by R W Gilbert


REMEMBRANCE SERVICE ADDRESS AND PRAYERS
 Led by Reverend Margaret Marshall

The Sounding of the Last Post

~ The Silence ~

Following the sounding of Reveille, numerous wreaths and tributes were laid


Closing messages


Closing Prayer by Reverend Margaret Marshall



REQUIEM FOR AN AIR GUNNER


The pain has stopped,
For I am dead,
My time on Earth is done.
But in a hundred years from now,
I'll still be twenty-one.

My brief sweet life is over,
My eyes no longer see,
No summer walks,
No Christmas trees,
No pretty girls for me.

I've got the chop. I've had it,
My nightly ops are done,
Yet in another hundred years,
I'll still be twenty-one.


R W Gilbert

































Our grateful thanks is extended to the Countess of Erroll for her kind permission for this event
to take place and to all the Estate staff for their hard work in ensuring the Barn is safely maintained and preserved.