A minute before the ceremony was due to start, the heavens opened and a good sized audience were left hoping for a short ceremony.
We were honoured that the Assistant Defence Attaché, Warrent Officer Sven Berg represented the Belgian Embassy and was a special guest at the ceremony. We were also grateful to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for joining us again.
Our Individual Remembrance was Lieutenant Eugène Francis Levene. Born in Liège, Belgium on 14 June 1912, the only son of Belgian parents Eugène Felinque and Marie-Louise Felinque (née Marquet). On 29 March 1945 at KZ-Flossenbürg concentration camp in Germany Levene was executed by hanging. He was aged 32.
Below is comprehensive research into his life and death by Paul McCue and the Secret World War 2 Learning Network.
We have heard the poem before, but with our special guest, was certainly apt for the ceremony. Our poem was ‘The Belgian Flag’, written by the Belgian author and First World War poet Émile Cammaerts.
There were nine standards on parade with Alan Lopez and Dennis Stewart parading the BLP and Union Flag respectively.
Paul McCue delivered the Individual Remembrance, Mrs Ruth Moore sounded the Last Post and Rob Bennet said the wise words.
The rain held off for most of the ceremony but we took the opportunity to go to the Trench Experience to dry off and have some refreshments.
Thank you to Paul McCue for the Individual Remembrance and Mike Hillman for the photographs.
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