1958 - close to November 11th

Consecration of the Field of Remembrance

In the Close, just in front of the Royal Clarence Hotel, by the statue of Bishop Hooker. St Mary Major church can be seen at the back - demolished 1969.

The same, annual ceremony can be seen for 1953.

Dean Wallace (far left of photograph) is taking the ceremony.

Front row (left to right): (trebles) ? Piers Vokes-Dudgeon, Christopher Cook, Richard Brown, Charles Hook, Nicholas Hatwell, (organist) Lionel Dakers, (trebles) Andrew Hydon, ? Watana Petchsingh (from Thailand), ? Batten, Price.

With thanks to Nicholas Hatswell (treble 1958-1962) for this photograph and to David Acres (treble 1960-66) for the date.