Troopers who fought and died in World Wars I and II had been honoured for his or her bravery and sacrifice, throughout the annual Remembrance Day ceremony on Tuesday (November 11) at Nationwide Heroes Park in Kingston.
The ceremony, which received below approach at about 10:30 a.m., included a two-minute interval of silence at 11:00 a.m. to mark the Armistice that ended the preventing within the First World Warfare, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918.
This was adopted by the sounding of The Final Put up by Jamaica Defence Drive (JDF) buglers to symbolise the soldier’s final obligation of sitting sentry (loss of life).
After the poetic studying of the Exhortation by retired JDF Seargent, Peter Williams, the buglers performed the Reveille to get up the spirit of the deceased warfare soldier.
The ceremony was highlighted by the customary laying of wreaths on the Cenotaph in honour of those that served and gave their lives in service to the nation.
Governor-Common, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, who headed the checklist of individuals laying floral tributes, additionally took time to greet ex-service members in attendance.
Wreaths had been laid on behalf of Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, by President of the Senate, Senator Tom Tavares- Finson, and on behalf of the Chief of the Opposition, Mark Golding by Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Western, Anthony Hylton.
Others paying tributes had been Senior Puisne Choose, Semone Wolf-Reece, representing Chief Justice, Hon. Mr. Justice Bryan Skyes; Chief of Defence Employees, Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman; Commissioner of Police, Dr. Kevin Blake; Councillor Byron Clarke representing the Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby; Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, His Excellency Jan Hendrik van Thiel; Dean of the Consular Corps, Andrew Issa; Commissioner of Corrections, Brigadier Radgh Mason; Senior Superintendent Patrick Gooden, representing Commissioner of the Jamaica Hearth Brigade, Stewart Beckford; Commissioner of St. John’s Ambulance, Lt. Col (Ret’d) Oral Khan; Commissioner, Jamaica Mixed Cadet Drive, Brigadier Errol Johnson; Chairman of the Royal Air Forces Affiliation Jamaica (580) Department, Main (Ret’d) Johanna Lewin; and Chairman of the Jamaica Legion, Lt. Col. Andrew Sewell.
Remembrance Day offers a chance to honour the troopers who courageously served alongside troops from different nations throughout the two main international conflicts.
Some 4,000 to five,000 Jamaicans had been concerned on this planet wars, quite a lot of whom served within the Royal Air Drive, whereas others joined the bottom forces of the British Military and the Canadian Armed Forces.
