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December 2018 December 2018
POP IN PLACE NEWS
SILENT SOLDIERS - WW1 COMMEMORATIONS

Farewell to Charles and Felicity

It might be worth explaining the rationale The Pop In Performers group wish Charles and Felicity
behind the ‘silent soldier’ images around every happiness in their new home in Devon, we will
the village. always hold dear the special and happy times spent
together working on Projects such as “Way out West” and “Our Last Summer
We decided to design our own rather than “great memories and great fun.
go for the standard ones you might have
seen elsewhere in order to personalise them We will miss them both.
for our community. The two sentries on the
eastern entry to the village represent the
200 or so men from the village who were Gordon Campbell
involved in the Great War of whom 28 did
The Pop In Place were privileged to host the Celebration of the Life of Gordon
not return. On the Bovington road, the soldier in tropical Campbell . Gordon was a regular at our cafes for many years, today we learnt
uniform commemorates the men who served in more about his incredible life and met members of his family. Many of the villagers
Gallipoli.
neighbours friends also came along to remember this wonderful Man. Thank you
The Dorsetshire Regiment had over 300 men killed and to Sarah Louise Leigh for the amazing cake design especially, to the Team Kim
250 men wounded in one day , included 5 men from Benjafield, Ruthie Morrall, Elizabeth Gale, Gill Hart, and Lyn Simmonds for all their
Bere Regis who were killed. 21 August 1915 was dubbed hard work. Many Thanks to Susan Acton-Campbell and family for the generous
‘a black day for Dorset.’ donation.

The sailor on the

Roke Road is a Thank you to Alison Debenham
reminder that,
although we Pop In Place would like to say thank you to Alison for producing this magazine, we
tend to focus on greatly appreciate the opportunity to get all of our community information out to
the Army casualties, the Royal Navy also the public through the Parish Mag and without her dedication and sheer hard
suffered some 45,000 casualties, including work it would not be possible. Happy Christmas Alison and thank you for all you
William Cox from Bere Regis who was do.
killed together with 1000 shipmates when
his ship was Thank you to all who supported our BBC Children In Need
sunk at the
Battle of fundraiser last month.
Coronel on 1 November 1914. Many men from Bere Thanks to our singers, poets and to all who donated raffle prizes.
Regis also served in the Royal and Merchant Navies.

Finally, the figure of the returning soldier with his two Pop In Place Community Shed
daughters at Elder Road is a reminder that we are
not only commemorating the casualties of the There are “Men’s sheds popping up all over the UK, it is a place to get people
Great War but also celebrating the return of the together to help to combat isolation encourage wellbeing and to share skills
survivors and the end of ‘the war to end all wars’. working on a variety of woodwork projects. We are currently working with
Sadly, the ‘land fit for heroes’ that many returned to Vitacress to try to open a shed in Bere Regis it will be open for both men and
proved to be illusory for most. women and have special workshop Saturday mornings for youngsters with an
appropriate adult. We will be calling a public meeting in the New Year to update
on progress and to answer your questions. In the meantime if you would like to

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