| Date |
Time |
Event |
Location |
| 2014 |
| 27 January |
|
Holocaust Memorial Day |
|
| February tbc |
|
Channel Dash Memorial |
Ramsgate harbour and Dover Sea Front |
| 23 April |
11.00 |
Zeebrugge/St George's Day commemoration
service and wreath-laying at Zeebrugge Memorial by
Zeebrugge graves, subsequently returning to the Town
Hall for ringing of Zeebrugge Bell (8 strokes in pairs)
at noon and short service |
St James cemetery, subsequently outside
Town Hall, Biggin Street, Dover.
Invited guests gather at 10.30 at Maison Dieu Car
Park for coach transport to St James. |
| 28 June |
|
Armed Forces Day |
|
| 6 July |
|
Battle of Britain Remembrance Service |
The Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel-le-Ferne |
| 27 July |
10.30 |
Dover Patrol |
The Dover Patrol Memorial, at the end of
Granville Road, St Margaret's Bay |
| 4 August |
09.15 |
Centenary of the outbreak of the Great
War - wreath-laying - Town Council |
Town Memorial, Biggin Street |
| 4 August |
22.00 |
Candlelit vigil -
Dovorians |
Town Memorial,
Biggin Street |
| 10 August |
18.00 |
Wreaths London to
France - WFA |
Town Memorial,
Biggin Street |
| 12 August |
15.00 |
RFC commemorative ride by WFA, RBL, and
other motorcyclists from Netheravon, Wiltshire, to
Arras, France, with a ceremony of Remembrance at Dover |
RFC memorial, Upper Road, Dover |
| 12 August |
18.00 |
Royal Navy and Merchant Navy wreaths
laid, in presence of WFA wreaths |
Dover Town Memorial, Biggin Street |
| 26 August |
am |
fully-muffled quarter peal in memory of
first bellringer to die on Western Front - Dover ringer
Percy Gibbs |
St Mary's, Canon Street, Dover |
| 30 August |
tbc |
fully-muffled peal in memory of 80 Kent
bellringers lost in the Great War |
St Mary's Canon Street, Dover |
| 3 September |
10.30
& 12.00 |
Merchant Navy Day |
10.30 at the Stone Hall, Town Hall,
Biggin Street, and 12 noon at the Merchant Navy Memorial, Sea Front, Dover,
including plaque unveiling for Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 14 September |
10.45 |
September 1944 shelling - 70 years |
community service at St Mary the Virgin,
Cannon Street |
| 15 September |
|
Battle of Britain Day |
|
| 21 October |
10.30 for 11.00 |
Trafalgar Day |
St George's Church, High Street, Deal |
| 8 November |
9.30 for 10.00 |
Centenary Anniversary Remembrance Service
with British Torch of Remembrance |
at the former Marine Station (now Cruise
Terminal), Western Docks, Dover |
| 9 November |
10.30 |
Armistice Day/Remembrance Sunday |
The Town Memorial, Biggin Street, also
services at other memorials in the district |
| 9 November |
10.30 |
Dedication of a new war memorial |
Village Hall, Manley Close, Whitfield |
| 22 December |
|
Cruise Terminal |
Unveiling of "The Dove of Peace" with
carols and readings from the trenches to mark the
Christmas Truce, 1914 |
