Fareham Conservatives

At this time in a normal year, our thoughts are often of Remembrance and the sacrifices made by earlier generations in war. But with our present thoughts driven by Covid19 and the resulting lockdown it would be easy to forget that 11th November is Remembrance Day. This year has a particularly significance as it marks the anniversary of two of the elements that have become central in the Nation’s remembrance process. Reverend David Railton, a chaplain on the Western Front, saw a grave marked by a rough make-do cross on which was written ‘An Unknown British Soldier.’ This was the inspiration...