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Young Lives Foundation Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service Ceremony, 5th August, 2015
Lord-Lieutenant visits St Peter’s Village Tour,13th August 2015
St John Maidstone Division Centenary Thanksgiving and Re-dedication Service, The Friars, 22nd August 2015
HRH Princess Alexandra opens the new Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum, 6th September, 2015
The Buffs Statue Unveiling by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, 11th September, 2015
Huguenot Museum opening in Rochester by HRH Princess Alexandra, 13th July, 2015
Leros Barracks Canterbury, New Joint Cadet Centre Opening, 16th July 2015
Remembrance Sunday Services, 8th November, 2015
The Lord-Lieutenant and Viscountess De L’Isle were invited to attend the Folkestone commemoration by the Town Mayor, Cllr Emily Arnold. The Parade of 80 Servicemen, Veterans, Cadets, Scouts and Beavers formed up at the Leas Cliff Hall and marched, led by a Piper, to the War Memorial. The parade passed under the Step Short Arch, […]
HMS Hythe Centenary Commemoration, 28th October 2015
HMS Hythe was a cargo ship converted into a minesweeper, for service in the 1st World War. 3rd Kent Fortress Company was formed by Sir David Salomons and was one of the PALS Units raised in 50 towns across the country, enlisting men from the local area, in this case Southborough. The Company was formed […]
Walking With The Wounded – Walk of Britain, Day 68 – 28th October 2015
The Lord-Lieutenant, Viscount De L’Isle MBE, greeted the six Walkers who had covered over 900 miles of their 1000 mile walk through Scotland, England and Wales, and cheered them on their way through Penshurst village, on 28th October. The Walkers, four British and two American Marines, had all received serious injuries as a result of […]
Chatham Memorial Synagogue 150th anniversary of the laying of the Foundation Stone, 25th October, 2015
The Lord-Lieutenant and Lady De L’Isle were guests at a Service which marked Simon Magnus’s building of the Synagogue commemorating Captain Lazarus Simon Magnus who died at the young age of 39. In 1865 The Synagogue replaced a wooden structure on the same site. The Guests were presented with a history of the Synagogue by […]
Presentation of Queen’s Award for Enterprise to CRM Logistics Ltd, 16th October, 2015
HM Lord-Lieutenant of Kent, The Viscount De L’Isle MBE attended the CRM office on the Medway City Estate in Rochester on the 16th October to present the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Established in 2003, CRM Logistics Ltd provide freight and warehousing services. The company provides bespoke services and has a policy of high-quality after-sales reporting […]
