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PHOTO FLASHBACK: NOVEMBER 10, 1963 : Honouring the nation’s war dead

Published:Friday | November 11, 2022 | 5:52 AM
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The Governor General Sir Clifford Campbell laying a wreath at the foot of the Cenotaph in King George VI Memorial Park after the Remembrance Day service on November 10, 1963, honouring the dead in the two World Wars.
Prime Minister Sir Alexander Bustamante at the Remembrance Day service on November 10, 1962. To his left are Lady Bustamante, the Hon Clement Tavares, minister of housing; Mrs Gyles and the Hon J.P. Gyles, minister of agriculture and lands, Mrs Manley and Mr Norman Manley, leader of the Opposition.
The scene around the Cenotaph in King George VI Memorial Park on November 10, 1963 at the Remembrance Day service. To the right of the cenotaph are the Rt Rev S.U. Hastings, president of the Jamaica Christian Council; the Anglican Bishop of Jamaica, the Rt Rev Percival Gibson, and the Ven E.L. Maxwell, Archdeacon of Surrey.
The mayor of Kingston, Councillor Leonard Currey, also laid a wreath at the Cenotaph, in the ceremony in which more than a dozen persons laid wreaths.
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Government leaders and other diplomats gathered on Remembrance Day to pay their respects to the war heroes. It is a day of reflection and appreciation of the sacrifices made by those who fought in the war.