Military Remembrance

There are two War Memorials in Fovant, one in the Churchyard and one outside the village hall. Each November people of all denominations still gather around, while the Rector conducts a service of remembrance and poppy wreaths are laid in memory of those who died as a result of war.

Each summer, for over forty years, Fovant Badges Society has organised a Drumhead Service at the foot of the downs beneath the badges, to commemorate the lives of the people who were stationed here during the First World War and, by extension, all other ex-service people.

This is conducted by a visiting clergyman and attended by British Legion members, service personnel, old comrades, local dignitaries and villagers. British Legion and Regimental standards are paraded.

B.P.
March 2005

Content last updated
14 June 2006

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