Remembrance week at Wellington is a extremely important occasion that is taken very seriously. We lost so many Old Wellingtonians to the First and Second World War, many who were just out of school. It is right to thank them for everything they did, not just the OW's but all the other young men who risked their lives for our country.
Remembrance took place this year on the 11th November at exactly 11 o'clock, when the clock tower strikes 11. We have a service before hand in the College chapel, Father Novis leads a remembrance service, we then all proceed to the Front Quad where we line up in houses; head of house at the front holding the house flag. The orchestra plays and The Last Post is played just before the last strike of 11. We then have two minutes of silence, in remembrance of all who risked their lives for us. After this we are led out of the quad in a silenced orderly fashion, leaving our poppies on the ground. Once everyone has left you can just see rows and rows of poppies.
Wellington will never not take Remembrance seriously and it is a very moving experience to be part of.
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