Wandsworth Prep Remembrance Day 2020

Wandsworth Prep
Remembrance Day 2020

Miss Carla would like to say
 thank you to her grandad for
driving ambulances during the
Second World War. Thanks for
taking such great care of those
           in need.

Mr Luke would like to say thank you to his
Grandad who lied about his age and joined the
 army before he turned 18. He fought in some
 terrible battles. He carried a harmonica with
him the entire time and played it when he had
the chance. Mr Luke has the harmonica safely
in a drawer at home, it still works perfectly to
                    this day.

Sarah and Lucy Gloor would like to thank their great
grandmother Tutu who at the age of 16 joined the
Dutch Resistance, making fake passports to help
Jewish people escape the war.

Mimi and Seb Gresty would like to remember their
  great-grandad, Sergeant Fred Edwards. He signed
 up on the first day of World War Two and served in
the RAMC (that is the Royal Army Medical Corp). He
  was involved in raids in France and Guernsey and
     was nearly killed in the Norway campaign.

Charlie and Libby Boxall-Hunt would like to thank
 their great grandad who alighted on Gold Beach in
 June 1944 as part of the D-Day landings to protect
 Great Britain. He left a legacy with his 3 sons each
joining one of the forces: Army, Navy and the Royal
                      Air Force.

Riley Yule would like to thank his great grandpa who
was in the artillery for the army and fought in Somme,
France during the Second World War. He would also to
 thank his great grumps who was in the RAF and shot
 down in his plane off Malta during the same war and
was fortunately rescued from the sea. His other great
     grandad ran the northern mines that kept the
munitions factories in coal and his great grandma was
                          a wren!

Amelia Barnes would like to thank her Great
Grandparents for their contribution to the war effort
by serving: on the frontline in the army in South-East
Asia; in the Royal Air Force; in the Women’s Air Force;
 in the Home Guard; and in the Munition factories.

Hollie Atcheson is very
 grateful to her great
grandad he is the man
 with his foot on the
   torpedo, he was
apparently very brave

Miss Jo G would like to thank her father and his 3
brothers for fighting in the Second World War in the
army and the navy; she has immense gratitude for the
fact that they all returned home alive, particularly one
uncle who managed to escape from a Japanese
prisoner of war camp. Thank you Dad and Uncle Bill,
Uncle Dick and Uncle Robin.

Harry, Alfie and Eida Bostelmann would like to thank
their great grandmother for her cool bravery and calm
example when operating the RAF telephone exchange
      while being bombed by five enemy aircraft.
              She won the Military Medal.

Baptiste Palmer-Mozagba would like to thank his great
grandfather, Frank, for building the clocks and dials for
the airplanes flown by British and Polish airmen during
                     World War II.

Matilda Burns would like to thank her Great
          Grandfather, Patrick William Burns.
He fought with the Seaforth Highlanders (1939-1945), in
           both France and the Middle East.
              Thank you, Great Grandad.

Talia and Francesca McDougal would like to thank their
  Great-grandfather who was a Police Officer in Exeter
   during the second World War, one of the cities that
Hitler chose to bomb. He had to protect a large city with
only 2 or 3 other officers to assist. He wore this helmet
  to protect himself as the bombs rained down and he
        rescued bodies from beneath the rubble.

Brooklyn and Kaitlyn Abt would like to thank their Great
 Uncle, Jack Noe for his service fighting in the Second
                      World War.

…Miss Jo would like to thank her grandad,
 Arthur Edwards, who volunteered for the
   army even though he was too old and
fought in Burma. A carpenter by trade, he
   was honoured to build a stage for the
 army’s sweetheart, Dame Vera Lynn, who
    travelled to Burma to entertain the
       troops. Thank you Grandad.

Nathaniel and Bella Yarrow would like to thank their Great Grandfather.

  He joined the RAF in 1939 as a rear gunner on Halifax bomber. His aircraft was shot
    down in 1940 and he bailed out only to be caught and sent to a POW camp. As a
   prisoner he was forced to rebuild Dresden. Malnourished and ill, each day he and
       others were marched to building sites and forced into a hard day of manual
labour. Remarkably, a German family took pity on him and every day would meet him
on route to give him food and water. After the war ended he never forgot the kindness
 of that German family. For years after the war, he would send that family money and
                                         food.

                            Thank you Great Grandfather

2 minutes silence
at 11 o’clock on the 11th day of
the 11th month

The Last Post
Year 4, 5 and 6 : They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old,

Year 2 :Age shall not weary them,

Year 3: nor the years condemn.

Year 1: At the going down of the sun

Reception: and in the morning

All Year groups: We will remember them.

Rosie Tilling, PTA Chair, on behalf of the Parents: We will remember them.
                                                2 Minutes Silence

A SONG FOR ARMISTICE DAY

A SONG FOR ARMISTICE DAY
Remember, remember, those who fought and fell so we could be free.
The sacrifice they made; so brave, with valour their lives they gave.
Gone, but they live on in memory.
So bow your head now, standing still in silence we will all pray,
To learn and live in peace and justice on Armistice Day.
November, November, the clock strikes ten and then, eleven will bring
The silence of respect for those that history can’t forget.
Now for them a song of thanks we sing.
So bow your head now, standing still in silence we will all pray,
To learn and live in peace and justice on Armistice Day.
 So bow your head now, standing still in silence we will all pray,
To learn and live in peace and justice on Armistice Day.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING WITH US TODAY.
      TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER