Our sincere thanks to the Wing and Ivinghoe Community Board for approving a grant to fully fund the purchase of 3 additional silent soldiers and poppies to go at their feet, to enable this poignant reminder to be located at all the main entrances to the village on each occasion they are erected. The 3 new statues will be located (at appropriate times) on Westfield Road, Vicarage Road and Cheddington Road, and will join the 2 already in service at Pitstone Memorial Hall (which houses the village war memorial) and Marsworth Road (donated by the Women’s Institute).
We’d also like to extend our thanks to the Women’s Institute for their help mounting the poppies onto stakes and offering to put the poppies at the feet of the soldiers.
The statues will make their first appearance in May, to mark the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, and return for Remembrance Day. You can find out more about those residents that lost their lives during the war here: https://buckinghamshireremembers.org.uk/memorials.htm
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