Hundreds of pupils gathered outside the pillars of Main House at 11am on 11/11/21 to remember those servicemen and women who lost their lives in the First World War and in subsequent conflicts fighting for their country.
Westbourne House Headmaster, Martin Barker, explained to the pupils: “The reason we are gathering here on this particular day, as we approach the 11th hour of the 11th day, of the 11 month, is because this is the time and date that saw the end of the First World War, in which tens of millions of lives were lost.
“Tragically, war and conflict have continued across the world ever since that time and in fact to this very day, and so we honour and remember the servicemen and women who have given their lives so that we may continue to live our lives freely and safely.”
The children then observed a two-minute silence which was broken by The Last Post played by a pupil on the trumpet. Another pupil read Flanders Fields by John McCrae.
