22/09/2020

The Royal British Legion is encouraging people to lace up their trainers this October and November to take part in its free to enter Virtual My Poppy Run to help support service and ex-service personnel and their families.   The Legion’s Poppy Run events, which usually take place in ten Cities across the country, including Cardiff, are unable to go ahead in their usual format this year due to social distancing measures. Instead, people can show their support for the 2020…

08/05/2020

Image: Mrs Edna Leon First Minister Mark Drakeford is today asking Wales to unite in a two-minute silence at 11am, to mark 75 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe. From the steps of the Welsh Government buildings in Cardiff, the First Minister will encourage the country to “draw on the inspiration of those who lived through the Second World War, to help us deal with our own unique piece of history”. Throughout this week, the…

07/11/2018

  The Royal British Legion Field of Remembrance at Cardiff Castle, Wales, opened to the public on Wednesday 7 November following a special service of Remembrance led by Reverend Canon Stewart Lisk and attended by veterans and representatives of the Armed Forces.   Following the two-minute silence, several individual Remembrance tributes were planted by dignitaries and the Cardiff and Defence Academy Military Wives Choirs performed for the hundreds of people who attended the service.   The Field of Remembrance features more…

04/11/2018

  In the year that marks the centenary of the end of the First World War, Cardiff’s Field of Remembrance will open to the public at Cardiff Castle with a special service of Remembrance on Wednesday 7th November.   The Field of Remembrance features more than 6,000 tributes from members of the public to Service men and women, each carrying a personal message to someone that has lost their life during or after the First World War.   The National…