Poignant Poppy Appeal launch

The 2015 Royal British Legion Lincolnshire Poppy Appeal was launched with all due ceremony at the Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby.
By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Nov 2015, 06:57 BST
A mighty Lincolnshire cohort of Legionnaires packed the Lancaster hangar at East Kirkby for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal launching ceremony. Photo by Oscarpix Imaging. EMN-151029-170559001A mighty Lincolnshire cohort of Legionnaires packed the Lancaster hangar at East Kirkby for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal launching ceremony. Photo by Oscarpix Imaging. EMN-151029-170559001
A mighty Lincolnshire cohort of Legionnaires packed the Lancaster hangar at East Kirkby for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal launching ceremony. Photo by Oscarpix Imaging. EMN-151029-170559001

This year the person given the honour of starting the appeal was the Bishop of Lincoln, the Rt Rev Christopher Lowson.

The numbers attending the ceremony this time was even higher than last year, easily packing half the floor space of the great Lancaster hangar.

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Once more the martial music was provided by the Mareham le Fen Victory Silver Band.

One of the most poignant moments was when the Standards were dipped and the parade came to the salute as the Last Post echoed round the mighty hangar.

Photo by Oscarpix Imaging

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