Highworth Remembers

A series of events paying tribute to the people of Highworth and surrounding areas who gave their lives in the Great War

 

Highworth Community Centre, The Dormers, Highworth

Sunday 03 May - Saturday 16 May 2015

 

The Western Front Association and the Highworth Historical Society have come together to organise a series of events providing an entertaining, educational and fitting tribute to those people of Highworth and the surrounding area who gave their lives during WW1.

 

Rex Warneford

 

Graf Zeppelin: brought down by Lt. Rex Warneford

One of the notable tributes will be for Victoria Cross winner Rex Warneford who shot down a Graf Zeppelin over Brussels in 1915. The first man to ever do so from an airplane.

 

A replica of his Morane Saulnier plane will be available to view in the main hall of Highworth Community Centre, and there will be also be a 60-minute talk on the action that won the VC for Rex.

 

The Morane Saulnier Parasol Type L Replica

 

The full calendar of events is below.

 

Highworth Remembers Schedule

 

Sunday 3rd May 2015

10.15am - Rededication of the War Memorial at St Michael's Church

2.00pm - 3.00pm Lecture: Building the Morane Saulnier replica

4.00pm - 5.00pm Lecture: Warneford and the Zeppelin

 

Monday 4th May 2015

10.00am - 4.00pm Aeroplane Display and Exhibition - FREE ENTRY

10.00am - 4.00pm Research your WW1 ancestors - FREE ENTRY

 

Tuesday 5th May 2015

7.30pm - 9.00pm Lecture: Mistaken Gallantry - The Medical VCs of WW1 - FREE ENTRY

 

Thursday 7th May 2015

7.30pm - 9.00pm Lecture: Vera Brittain and The Great War - FREE ENTRY

 

Saturday 9th May 2015

10.00am - 1.00pm Aeroplane Display and Exhibition - FREE ENTRY

2.00pm - 3.30pm Lecture: Trench Experience (Children's version)

7.00pm - 9.00pm Lecture: Trench Experience (Adult version)

 

Sunday 10th May

2.00pm - 5.00pm Aeroplane Display and Exhibition - FREE ENTRY

 

Tuesday 12th May

7.30pm - 9.00pm Lecture: Chiseldon Camp - FREE ENTRY

 

Thursday 14th May

7.30pm - 9.00pm Lecture: Digging the Trenches: The Archaeology of the Western Front - FREE ENTRY

 

Saturday 16th May

2.00pm - 3.00pm Lecture: Building the Morane Saulnier replica

4.00pm - 5.00pm Lecture: Warneford and the Zeppelin

7.30pm - 9.30pm Concert of Remembrance

 

 

Tickets: Admission to the Aeroplane Display and Exhibition is FREE. Tickets for the paid lectures are available from The Lighthouse Bookshop, High Street, Highworth.