Sir Edward Garnier, MP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, attended the Royal British Legion’s Service for Remembrance Day on Sunday, 10 November at the St Dionysius’s Church in Market Harborough and afterwards laid a wreath at the War Memorial in the Square.
Roy Sheppard, Head of the Poppy Appeal at the Royal British Legion said: “The Poppy Appeal is the major single source of revenue for the Royal British Legion’s Benevolent Fund. Each year more people come to the Legion for help and the cost of that help is continually increasing. Daily we see and read of young Service men and women employed in peace keeping duties in many parts of the world, often in considerable danger and this means that there will always be a need to provide help for them and their dependants, when they themselves no longer can. That is why it is so important that the Legion can continue with their vital work.”
Sir Edward commented: “Remembrance Day is the day every year where one can think about the tremendous sacrifice our servicemen and women perform everyday for our country. With the centenary of the First World War next year, Parliament debated last week how best to commemorate the anniversary. We cannot take the lives lost back, but we can recognise and salute the bravery and sense of duty of the countless thousands of servicemen and women of all generations who have risked everything to keep our country safe. The Royal British Legion is doing sterling work for the service personnel and their families and I commend them for all they have done for so many years. I have a huge soft spot for the Legion since my grandfather was one of its founders after the First World War.”