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Drumhead Service in Glossop's Manor Park remembers armed services

Tuesday, 11 July 2023 16:30

A Drumhead Service of remembrance and celebration in Glossop's Manor Park on Sunday started with a parade from the pavilion to the memorial Rose Gardens.

Glossop Army Cadets and Brownies joined veterans and members of the Glossop branch of the Royal British Legion in the short march to the Garden of Remembrance.

David Halligan marshalled the parade with the legion flag carried by standard bearer Charles Devlin.

Glossop Old Band played at the service which was conducted by Father Norman Shaw.

High Peak Mayor Cllr Peter Inman was also in attendance, along with local councillors and around 50 members of the public.

A member of Glossop branch of the British Legion, which organised the commemoration, said: “We regarded it as well attended. Consideration is being given to making this an annual event.”

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The Garden of Remembrance was built by ex-servicemen in 1930/31 and dedicated at a similar service in 1931 with roses donated by the Glossop Co-operative Society, a white memorial tablet being provided by Mr Skelton.

Over the years, the Drumhead Services attracted many representatives and standards from other local branches of the British Legion.

Also taking part then were Glossop Territorials and the Glossop detachment of the Royal Observer Corps as well as representatives of the Red Cross, St John’s Ambulance, and the Women’s Voluntary Service (WVS).

Tony Wright, from Glossop branch of the Royal British Legion, said: “Tintwistle Band usually attended those services and as the parade marched off from the park played the regimental march of the Cheshire Regiment whose 6th Battalion could traditionally be regarded as our local regiment in both the first and second world wars.

“The speakers invited to give the address were prominent personalities - Earl Haig’s daughter for example.

“In 2014 at the Drumhead Service held to mark the centenary of the outbreak of WWI, the Duke of Norfolk addressed it - which he probably found easier than arranging the Queen’s funeral and the Coronation.

“His father had addressed it in the 1980s. They hold the title ‘Lord Howard of Glossop’ as one of their lesser titles and the Rose Garden had been the kitchen garden for the hall,” he added.

Images by Nigel Wood 

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