On 12 June 2024, Patrick Lequette and Francis Meyer from the Gilbert de Venables Cultural Centre received an impromptu visit from Mr and Mrs Geoff Page. They live in Middlewich, Cheshire, with which the village of Venables has cultural ties. Geoff is President of the Royal British Legion Association.
As part of their duty to remember, Geoff and his wife have been visiting the cemeteries where soldiers from Middlewich are buried for the past two months. We learned that 150 soldiers from the town of Middlewich now lie in military cemeteries across Europe.
Together, we visited the village’s heritage sites and discussed the relationship with Middlewich. We discussed the duty of remembrance that we uphold every year in our respective countries, particularly for the five British soldiers who lie in the military section of the village cemetery. To mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Middlewich Association organised an exhibition to honour the service and sacrifice of the D-Day generation at the British Memorial in Normandy.
