Armistice Day

Armistice Day 2019

A more solemn historical commemoration came with our annual Call to Remembrance, in which in time-honoured fashion the whole School, combined with Mill Hill International, lined up in silence on the crescent driveway for the wreath-laying ceremony.

It is always warming to see YOMs who have only recently left the School return for this memorable day. Last year we introduced a symbolic planting of paper poppies in the Chapel Garden, this year, to mark the 125 fallen Old Millhillians from WW2 and the Falklands War, the Lower School pupils planted that number of bells on copper wire stems, each bearing its own name tag. The pupil Guard of Honour performed their duties with admirable precision and reverence, and the Old Millhillians in attendance were particularly moved by the remembrance of names, who to some of them were lost classmates. We were also honoured to be joined by two representatives of the National Memorial Arboretum who laid their own wreath and wrote with feeling about how impressed they were by our staff, pupils, CCF and choir and by our Chaplain, Dr Warden, ‘an inspirational orator’. A lunchtime cello recital by Ellen B-G (Murray), and an evening War Songs Concert, which attracted a full house in the Music Recital Room, made this an all-day commemoration.