Roll of Honour (Tower of London) - A.G. Adams - 8 October

The Tower of London is commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1. Each evening a list of about 180 names is being read out. These are the names of those members of our Commonwealth forces who died in action in this conflict.

(A similar evening ceremony is held in Canberra at the Australian War Memorial - another post on that soon).

As with many others, I have nominated family members who were members of Commonwealth forces who were killed in the Great War. Their names will be read out at the Tower in a nightly ceremony.

You can nominate others at: http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/VisitUs/Topthingstoseeanddo/Poppies/RollofHonour

A.G. Adams' and his brother V. H. Adams' names will be read out at the Tower of London ceremony tomorrow, Wednesday 8th October (London time). 

The list of 180 names will be read from the poppy-filled Tower moat at sunset, starting at 6:25pm (London time). The Adams brothers will be on the top of the list.

At the end of the reading, which will take about 20-30 minutes, an Army bugler will play the Last Post.

If you would like to watch, you will need to purchase tickets to the Tower of London. Of course, many of us live on the other side of the globe. No matter....The Historic Royal Palaces will be filming the ceremonies and an archive site where you will be able to view the videos is currently under construction. I will post the details when this becomes available.

The Historic Royal Palaces is also adding the lists of names being read each night at http://rollofhonour.tumblr.com/ so that they can be seen and remembered from anywhere in the world.

Please note the special red-poppy sculptures which flow in a mass from the top of the Tower. Each hand-made ceramic poppy planted in the moat is available to buy at https://poppies.hrp.org.uk/buy-a-poppy/

I would like to thank the:

Historic Royal Palaces which is an independent charity that looks after the

Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, the Banqueting House, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle

They help everyone explore the story of how monarchs and people have shaped society, in some of the greatest palaces ever built.

They raise all their own funds and depend on the support of our visitors, members, donors, sponsors and volunteers.