Madam, As you know this year we are Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of WWI. We, the local Royal British Legion, have endeavoured to make this a special year of Remembrance and our efforts have been well received by the whole Community. Of course this Remembrance Sunday, on November 9th at 11am by the War Memorial in The Prospect, St Mary's Church, will be quite special and we urge people to come along and join us in paying our respects to all who have made the ultimate sacrifice so that we may live as we do today. I wonder how many people know of the Commonwealth War Graves here in St Mary's Churchyard. These are lads who were probably injured and eventually died. Now most of their families have gone and it's up to us, as a town, to look after them, as their friends and comrades are looked after in cemeteries all over the world. On Armistice Day – November 11th – a cross will be planted in our Remembrance Garden in the Market Place for each of them – here are their names: WW1 – Priv. Clement Ross; Sgt Rolf Cox; Priv. Cecil Archibald Matlow Smith; Petty Officer Arthur Kyte; Sec. Lt. Victor George Ursell; Priv. Thomas Green; Priv. James Dix. WW2 – Priv. Trevor Cecil Christopher; Flt.Lt. Peter Buckle Coates; L/Cpl. Gordon Noel Dazeley; Priv. Arthur Cyril Evans; Driver Cuthbert Ernest James Harper; Gunner John Henry Herbert; Ldg. Aircraftman Denys William Gordon Johns; Trooper Leslie Charles Lloyd; Cpl. Stanley Preedy; Priv. Robert Elwyn Turner; Gunner Frank Roy Waite; Trooper William Graham Watkins. These were fathers, sons, brothers, husbands and boyfriends – the majority were from this small Market town – what a loss –we must never forget.

Margaret Jones, the Ross-on-Wye Royal British Legion.