Visit by young Royal Artillery Officers
Wednesday, 11th September
We were delighted to welcome a group of over 30 young Royal Artillery Officers with their Team Leader to the Church on the morning of Wednesday 11th September. We are pleased that this is now becoming a twice yearly event keeping the current in-take of Royal Artillery Officers in touch with their historical base in Woolwich, and enabling the Garrison Church to maintain its historical links with the present generation of Gunners. They combine their visit to the Garrison Church with one to the Barracks.
Two of the officers have been asked in advance to research topics connected with the Church and then address the group for 5 minutes each. This time it was about the architect who designed the Church in 1860 (Thomas Wyatt) and the recently installed main gates with their flowers of remembrance of the poppy (UK) forget-me-not (Germany) and cornflower (France) incorporated in the upper section of the gates.
Tim then gave a short history of the Church and the particular links with the Royal Artillery reflected not only in its location opposite the Barracks but also in the VC Memorial and the column on which many of the Battle Honours are inscribed.
