Stratford commemorates Anzac Day on Friday 24 April
- RW
- Apr 25
- 1 min read
Updated: May 2
Friday 24 April is the nearest schoolday to Anzac Day which is observed in Australia, New Zealand and other countries on 25 April. After a short service at 11 am in St Lawrence Church, Stratford Road, Stratford sub Castle SP1 3LL, pupils from Stratford school laid posies on the Anzac graves in the churchyard.
There is more information about Anzac Day and the soldiers buried in the Commonwealth War Graves in St Lawrence churchyard here:
This is the grave of one of the Anzac soldiers, Joseph Knight. Details here:
The page was updated on 2 May to include some further information about the three Knight brothers who were all soldiers - acknowledged with thanks to Yaluu See You Again
That's TV Wiltshire attended the service and recorded a short 2m 52s video of the proceedings. It can be viewed on this Facebook post.