Tag: Remembrance Day & War Vets
WWII Veteran Philip Lamb Laid To Rest
Philip Lamb — one of four black Bermudians to serve in the Royal Air Force in World War Two [1939-45] — was laid to rest yesterday [May 5] after passing away at the age of 90. Mr. Lamb reached the rank of Leading Aircraftsman with the RAF and lived through a German bombing raid which left him hospitalised with serious injuries.Mr Lamb —... Read more of this article
World War Two Vet Lamb: “A Bermudian Hero”
Philip Lamb — one of four black Bermudians to serve in the Royal Air Force in World War Two [1939-45] — died yesterday [May 2] at the age of 90. One of Bermuda’s oldest surviving war veterans, St. David’s resident Mr. Lamb [pictured] reached the rank of leading aircraftsman with the RAF and among other wartime exploits lived... Read more of this article
Bermuda Factored In 1942 US Invasion Scenario
A World War Two invasion of the US East Coast mounted and coordinated from an Axis base in Nazi-occupied Bermuda sounds like a scenario dreamed up by a science fiction writer — and it was. But when “Life” magazine commissioned novelist Philip Wylie to come up with six variations based on the theme of an imminent German/Italian/Japanese... Read more of this article
In Remembrance, Two Bermudians In France
On 29th May 1916, over 100 Bermudian men who had belonged to the Bermuda Militia Artillery left Bermuda to go to the UK to join in the Great War against the Germans. Before departing Bermuda each man had to agree to volunteer to serve as a member of the Royal Garrison Artillery. By doing this, they effectively left the BMA and joined the UK’s Royal... Read more of this article
Remembrance Day: Wreaths Laid In St George’s
While crowds gathered on Front Street for the Remembrance Day Parade this morning [Nov 11], a smaller group made their way to St George’s Town Square to lay wreaths in remembrance. Those present included St George’s MP Kim Swan, St George’s MP Dame Jennifer Smith, St George’s Mayor Kenny Bascome, war veteran Leroy “Tubby”... Read more of this article
Photos/Videos: Remembrance Day Parade
This morning’s [Nov.11] Remembrance Day Parade on Front Street honoured those who served during the two 20th century World Wars and other conflicts — especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Crowds lined the street to watch the parade, and pay honour to those who served. Wreaths were laid by Governor George Fergusson, Premier Paula Cox,... Read more of this article
Video: BVRC Hold Remembrance Service
This morning [Nov.11], people gathered in Victoria Park to hold a short Remembrance Service to honour the men of the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps [BVRC] who served and died overseas in World War l [1914 -1918] and World War ll [1939 – 1945].Victoria Park is home to the bronze granite memorial to the 40 men who died in WWI, and the 18 who died in... Read more of this article
Remembrance Day Parade This Sunday
The Remembrance Day Parade to commemorate those who fell in the two World Wars is scheduled for this Sunday [Nov 11] at 10.30am. Governor George Fergusson, and Premier Paula Cox will lead the dignitaries who will lay wreaths at the Cenotaph on Front Street, Hamilton and also at the War Memorial on the Cabinet Office grounds. War Vets march on during... Read more of this article
Book Review: ‘In The Hour Of Victory’
[Written by Jonathan Land Evans] In his 2011 book “In The Hour Of Victory”, Senator Jonathan D. Smith has presented an absorbing transcription of wartime letters sent home by his grandfather, the Second World War Bermudian soldier Major Anthony F. [Toby] Smith — mostly to his wife, Faith, during the course of his military service in... Read more of this article
Bermuda Soldier’s Story Documentary
Acclaimed local filmmaker Lucinda Spurling’s adaptation of a recent book about a Bermuda soldier killed in action just seven months before the end of World War Two is likely to premiere at next year’s Bermuda Documentary Film Festival. Senator Jonathan Smith published “In The Hour Of Victory” — based on letters his grandfather... Read more of this article
