A PLEA has gone out for descendants of a village’s war heroes to turn up for a special tribute.
Efforts are being made to trace relatives or friends of family of the 29 Thurgoland men who died in the First World War.
Organisers of a service to mark the centenary of the end of the conflict are keen to have the soldiers represented on November 11. Resident Ella Jones has been working on a follow-up to a book about the men who were killed in the Great War and is appealing for descendants or friends to get in touch to come to the service.
“We want as many people as possible with connections to come,” said Mrs Jones.” It would be wonderful to see them. I have made some contacts and some people have already said they will attend.”
Thurgoland has arranged a weekend-long tribute to the fallen. On Sunday November 11 the centenary of the armistice there will be a service at Holy Trinity church at 10am and then a procession to the war memorial for 10.50am. Here, there will be the two-minute silence, laying of wreaths, and the Last Post.
“But this is not just the one service,” said Mrs Jones. “There is an open weekend at the church.”
On the Saturday, there will be a display of wartime poems and information about those who died. And the names of the dead have been newly-engraved on the memorial.
“Thurgoland is putting on quite a show to mark this milestone to seriously commemorate the men who were lost,” said Mrs Jones.
n Anyone with information can find Mrs Jones’ contact details on the parish council website.
