Kings Hill Remembers

Around 600 people of all ages paid their respects at the annual Kings Hill Remembrance Day service. A parade led by the 1st Kings Hill Girls Brigade, which also included the Mereworth and Kings Hill Scouts, the 1st Kings Hill Brownies,  TheDeputy Lord Lieutenant, Deputy Mayor of Tonbridge and Malling and members of the public, went from Liberty Square to the Running Airman Statue, where the service took place.IMG_7076

Dignitaries and people from across Kings Hill and further afield were led in worship by Rev. Mark Montgomery, Leader of St Gabriel’s Kings Hill and Rev. Matt Ross, Pastor of Kings Hill Christian Fellowship. The service included reflections and poems on remembrance from all three schools on Kings Hill, alongside the traditional laying of wreaths at the memorial. Members from the Invicta Chapter of the Harley Davidson Owners Group attended the service and had their bikes blessed before they went off to the Ring of Red Ride of Respect on the M25.

IMG_7081This annual event is organised by Kings Hill Parish Council in partnership with the Churches on Kings Hill.

Around another 30 people, also gathered around the Running Airman Memorial at 11am on the 11th, to take part in a short act of remembrance and two minute silence. Which is turning into an annual event.IMG_7078IMG_7079