On Tuesday 12th November 2024, Head Student, Theo Li, and Year 12 students, Lily Adkins-Scott, Kiera Oakley, and Ellis Bance, were accompanied by Mr Moaby and Mr Ward to the Denton Remembrance Day service. This annual service is to honour the soldiers who lost their lives in the First World War from the local Parish. Thirteen names are on the Denton Memorial, each signifying an individual’s sacrifice in war. It is often forgotten in the larger scale memorial services that each individual who was killed or wounded had their own reasons for joining up and fighting for the British Army, from all corners of the world. With the service at Denton being for a fewer number of men, the emotion of the day was perhaps more keenly felt by those in attendance, not only because of the locality to our school but also because of the stories of the men that were provided to us. The students were asked to lay a rose at the Memorial in memory of an individual. Theo laid a poppy wreath on behalf of the School and Lily, Kiera and Ellis each laid a red rose to honour one of the men on the memorial.
MJW