Giving thanks for those who protected us in the air

In the coming weeks we will be involved in two Acts of Remembrance for those who defended the air above us.

Battle of Britain

On Sunday, September 18th Fr Tristan will lead an Act of Remembrance at our War Memorial at 9.50am.

Around a hundred RAF Cadets will be joined by local villagers to gather around Tarleton’s War Memorial at 9.50am on Sunday September 18th for a short Act of Remembrance before marching off to All Saints Church Hesketh Bank at 10.05am. AT 10am ( 11am in the air over France) we will pause for a two minutes silence.

Following this memorial there will be the normal 10.45am Sunday service in Holy Trinity, Tarlerton which will start with the first hymn being sung to the tune Dambusters.

RNAS Memorial at Rufford Village Hall

At 12.45pm on Sunday, October 2nd, Fr Mark will dedicate a new Memorial to two Second Word War Navy Fleet Air Arm Servicemen.

The new Memorial outside Rufford Village Hall remembers Sub Lieuts PG Sunderland and MW Williams of 1771 Squadron RN Fleet Air Arm died when their aircraft crashed in to farm land at Holmeswood on May 28th 1944.

By Mark Soady|2022-09-08T06:36:41+00:00September 8th, 2022|Rector, Uncategorized|

About the Author: Mark Soady

Fr Mark was appointed as Rector of Rufford and Tarleton in April 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold throughout the world. Previously, Mark was Area Dean and Vicar of Abergavenny & Rector of Llanwenarth Citra. Additionally, Mark was a Psychiatric Nurse and Founder/Prior of the Hollywell Community. Prior to Ordination, he was Head of Office to Rt Hon Lord Jenkins of Hillhead OM; and later worked for the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (an arm of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office) on democratisation programmes. Fr Mark served in the Royal Army Chaplain’s Department from 1998- 2012 and until 2017 was Chairman of Trustees of the Welsh Warrior: Richard Hunt Foundation, which cares for veterans. As Secretary to the Committee of Anglican Religious Communities in England, he also works with all nuns, monks and friars throughout the Church of England

Giving thanks for those who protected us in the air