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A Remembrance Sunday Service will to be held to remember the sacrifices made by many for the nation at St Andrew’s Church Honingham NR9 5BT on Sunday 8th November 2026 at 10.55 hrs.
PLEASE NOTEL This is a not being held at the Memorial, and is being held at this church.
Poppy Appeal 2026
We support the RBL Poppy Appeal and the Two Minute Silence again this year.
Ever since 1921, when Remembrance started the Red Flanders Poppy has been the emblem and will remain so ever more.
We Will Remember Them!
St Andrew’s Church Honingham NR9 5BT
An El Alamein Service will to be held to remember the sacrifices made by many for the nation at St Andrew’s Church Honingham NR9 5BT on Sunday 25th October 2026 at 11.00 hrs.
Hi, everyone, just to let you know that we have fresh stock of the Jerboa Lapel pin badge for sale.
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St. Andrews Church,. Honingham
An Armed Forces and Dunkirk Memorial Service is to be held to honour the sacrifices made by many for the nation at St Andrew’s Church Honingham NR9 5BT on Sunday 28th June at 1100hrs?
All are welcome to attend to pay their respects.
War Diaries of 22nd Armoured Brigade Workshops, REME (1944 - 45) are now available on our website.
@7thRats @Official_REME
desertrats.org.uk/.../22nd..…
We are pleased to announce that the War Diaries For 414 Battery (Essex Yeomanry) Royal Horse Artillery 1942 @71signalregt @royalartillery1 covering the early months of the Burma Campaign when it was part of @7thRats are available on line. desertrats.org.uk/WarDiaries…
Please remember they have been there for us in the past and will be there for us in the future and if you wish please say a little prayer of thanks and especially for peace.
Floreat Gerboa!
It is good to reflect that over the years since their creation the Desert Rats have found themselves all over the world during wars, other conflicts & in peace time &it is the support of their families, friends & this Country which has sustained them at this time of year.
Remembrance 2025
Today marks the start of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal for 2025.
Since the end of WW2, many who have worn the Red or Black Jerboa, have made the ultimate sacrifice or have been wounded, in both body and mind. @The_Black_Rats @7thRats
A Remembrance Sunday Service will to be held to remember the sacrifices made by many for the nation at St Andrew’s Church Honingham NR9 5BT on Sunday 9th November 2025 at 10.55 hrs.
PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT at the Memorial, and is being held at the above mentioned church/
We have received this message from the organisers of the El Alamein Service on 19 Oct.
We had a great attendance at the El Alamein Service on Sunday.
Next we have our Remembrancer Sunday Service at St Andrews Church, Honingham, NR9 5BT on 9 Nov at 10.55 hrs
El Alamein Service - 19th October 2025 at 10:55 hrs
A service is to be held to honour the sacrifices made by many for the nation at St Andrew’s Church Honingham, NR9 5BT
All are welcome to attend to pay their respects, for the 83rd Anniversary of the battle.
4th Armoured Brigade in North Africa. @The_Black_Rats
I found this on my travels, today
It is a good example of how mobile the desert war was. It is from Op Crusader November/December 1941.
The are lots of units mentioned.
Other troops from the Desert also later served in India & Burma &some men of 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars @ChurchillsOwn who were captured when Java fell in March 1942, where 54 died in the camps.
"When you go home, tell them of us and say. For your tomorrow, we gave our today!"
The Desert Rats, were involved in the early stages of the Burman Campaign, when an understrength 7th Armoured Brigade (The Green Jerboa) helped the British, Burmese and Indian forces withdraw from Burma. Many who wore the Jerboa remain there to this day.
