Philips Park Cemetery. 24th July 2011 Service or Re-Dedication of Plaques Commemorating.

There is to be a service in the process of being organised at Phillips Park Cemetery, Manchester, for Joshua Lodge, and a plaque will be unveiled on the same day (same cemetery service) for William Jones VC. The proposed date is April / May time. (Date to be confirmed) A friend of the Organiser will keep me posted of the details and I will let you know as soon as I know. Everyone will be most welcome.

1304 Pte Joshua Lodge, Died 26th July 1906, Buried Phillips Park Cemetery Manachester. (Unmarked)



Pte William Jones VC Died 15th April 1913, Buried Phillips Park Cemetery. Manchester

Admin. Are you attending.

Thanks for letting us know Pete. (Admin) Keep us up-to-date.

Hi All,

The service in Philips Park Manchester will be held at 1.30p.m. on Sunday 24th July 2011.

Message received goes:

We are currently planning a ceremony to be held on Sunday 24/07/11 at 1330 hrs at Philips Park Cemetery, Manchester to honour the return of Pte William Jones V.C. plaque being displayed once again in its rightful place.

Along with the return Pte Jones plaque, two further plaques, one each for Pte Joshua Lodge and Pte John Lyons will be also be displayed within the cemetery, opposite the war memorial.

Further to this, following on from the headstone obtained in 2007 for Pte W Jones, a headstone each for Pte Lodge and Pte Lyons will also be placed to mark their graves..

There is a major route from the main entrance of the cemetery to the War Memorial which takes approx 5 minutes and it is along this route we are planning a parade, followed by a ceremony at the site of the plaques

anyone interested in attending will be most welcome.


Cheers
Bookworm

I will be attending.. Hope to see some of you there. Thanks Bookworm for the up-date..

To far for me. Hopefully Admin (Pete) Will post some photo's of the event.

Echo Old. H.

I may make this one..

I hope it all goe's well. Bookworm thanks for the up-date.

Great. I shall be attending this. I have already been and visited the grave of Pte William Jones.

E-Mail received.

Dear all,

As you will no doubt be aware, a rededication event is being organised at Philips Park Cemetery, Manchester, in July, honouring 3 Rorke's Drift Heroes. I have been asked by the organiser, Sgt Andrew Tunnicliffe, to assist him by extending his personal invitation to attend the gathering to each of you and your families. Would anyone interested in attending this service please RSVP to andy_tunnicliffe@hotmail.co.uk as soon as possible.

Event.
A ceremony to be held on Sunday 24 / 07 / 11 at 1.30 p.m. at Philips Park Cemetery, Manchester to honour the return of Pte William Jones V.C. plaque being displayed once again in its rightful place.

Along with the return Pte Jones plaque, two further plaques, one each for Pte Joshua Lodge and Pte John Lyons will be also be displayed within the cemetery, opposite the war memorial.

Following on from the headstone obtained in 2007 for Pte W Jones, a headstone each for Pte Lodge and Pte Lyons will also be placed to mark their graves..

There is a major route from the main entrance of the cemetery to the War Memorial which takes approx 5 minutes and it is along this route that a parade is planned, followed by a ceremony at the site of the plaques.


Schedule of the occasion includes:

Opening

Speeches

Last Post

2 minutes silence

Commemorative Service

Close

Date: Sunday 24th July 2011

Time: 1pm for 1.30pm prompt start

Place: Philips Park Cemetery


Following the event, light refreshments will be provided.

Looks like a big event. Hope it goes well.

Its not just one event, which makes it unique.

impi. They are all unique.

Just a reminder.

A ceremony to be held on Sunday 24 / 07 / 11 at 1.30 p.m. at Philips Park Cemetery, Manchester to honour the return of Pte William Jones V.C. plaque being displayed once again in its rightful place.

Along with the return Pte Jones plaque, two further plaques, one each for Pte Joshua Lodge and Pte John Lyons will be also be displayed within the cemetery, opposite the war memorial.

Following on from the headstone obtained in 2007 for Pte W Jones, a headstone each for Pte Lodge and Pte Lyons will also be placed to mark their graves..

There is a major route from the main entrance of the cemetery to the War Memorial which takes approx 5 minutes and it is along this route that a parade is planned, followed by a ceremony at the site of the plaques.

Hope to see some of you there...

Hope the service goes well. Looking forward to the photo's and video's from those members who are attending.

Echo Impi. By all accounts the weather will be excellent. Unfortunately to far to travel.

Just a quick message to let you know the service when extremely well. I'm not in a position to post the photo's of the event, but will do so when I get back home. I have a few problems with videoing, but has luck had it, I met up with Sgt Andy Tunnicliffe GMP who will hopefully be joining the forum. Andy will be letting us have photo's and video footage so save the day. I was also lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time and was able to video the blessing of "JOHN LYONS" headstone with forum member Colin Fielding and Andy in attendance.
A good day was had by all.
And its good to see we hit the 500 member mark. Well done to everyone for making the forum what it is today.

Admin. Glad you made the Service. Looking forward to photo's. Safe journey back.

Admin. Did you manage to get photo's of the other soldiers, who were remembered or just the Rorke's Drift lads.
SD

SD I take it you mean their grave's. Only managed to get one photo of one of the 600.

1879 Group.

Sgt Andy Tunnicliffe GMP Event Organiser.

Laying of the Wreaths.

1879Group Firing Party









Sgt Andy Tunnicliffe. After the Blessing of the stone "John Lyons"

Some of the videos are cut short as i had problems with the camera. However we may receive some video footage and Photo’s from Andy Tunnicliffe

1879 Graves Thanks for posting the firing party. Much better quality and more footage than I have. If you have anymore please post..

Anyone planning a visit to Philips Park Cemetery. May find this map useful.



Order of Service Friends Od Philips Park Cemetery.
Service Of Re-Dedictaion Of Plaques Commemorating.

Pete. Thanks for posting the photo's and Video's

Certainly was an excellent turnout. Well done to all concerned. Pete & 1879Graves thanks for taking the time to attend and thanks for the photos & Videos.

Looks like a good day. It's great than these organisers take time to remember their hero's. Hopefully their memory will live forever.
Well done to Sgt Andy Tunnicliffe for organising the event. I sure it will be remembered in Manchester for years to come. The new plaques are spectacular and no doubt a great asset to the cemetery.

Great photo's. Good to see other soldiers being remembered along side our boys.
Let's hope we see many more like this.

Well done to all concerned , great to see the interest that is generated in these Re - Dedications . Hopefully they continue
for years to come .
cheers 90th.

Another re-deadication under our belts. Great photo's.

Its that man again..

https://youtu.be/-XQM9MZxeRc