The subject of our Individual Remembrance today was Able Seaman R Malcolm. Able Seaman R Malcolm was a member of the Anson Battalion Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
The Anson Battalion originally composed of naval reservists surplus to the requirements of manning Royal Navy ships served throughout the First World War. The battalion was briefly in Antwerp in the autumn of 1914, prior to deployment to Gallipoli in April 1915 before finally being sent to the Western Front in the summer of 1916 where they remained for the rest of the war.
Able Seamon Malcolm was killed on 1st October 1918, 105 years ago today just a few weeks before the end of the war. He is commemorated at the Proville British Cemetery in France.
Alan Lopez paraded the Brookwood Last Post standard, and Tom Milne paraded the Union Flag. We had standards from the Artists Rifles, Royal British Legion Knaphill, Bisley and West End Branch and we were delighted to see a young Cub Scout from the 1st Knaphill Scout Group Amstel Cub pack.
Afterwards we retired to the Trench Experience to continue the stories.
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