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White crosses to remember the fallen
White crosses to remember the fallen
Memorial white crosses in honour of Marlborough's fallen soldiers have been placed in the garden beds of Seymour Square next to Blenheim's War Memorial clock tower in preparation for Anzac Day. Each cross bears the name and rank, and sometimes the age, of a Marlborough casualty of war.
The 280 crosses will remain in place for several days after the commemoration to give families time to pay their respects.
The crosses were made by members of the RSA and the Marlborough Guild of Woodworkers and were painted by inmates at Christchurch Women's Prison.
ANZAC Day Services will be held at:
Monday 24 April 2017
• Ward 2.00 pm Ward War Memorial SH1
Tuesday 25 April 2017
· Picton 6.00 am Soldiers’ War Memorial at foreshore
· Seddon 6.30 am Awatere Memorial Hall
· Renwick 9.00 am War Memorial
· Spring Creek 9.30 am Spring Creek Hall
· Havelock 10.00 am Town Hall
· Rai Valley 11.00 am War Memorial
· Kaikoura 11.00 am Memorial Hall
· Blenheim 11.00 am War Memorial Clock Tower, Seymour Square
· Marlborough Sounds 11.00 am Sounds Soldiers’ Memorial
JOHN
LEGGETT
MAYOR
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