College Group Marks Remembrance Day in Series of Moving Ceremonies

Students and staff across Loughborough College Group paid tribute to fallen service men and women across the world in a series of touching Remembrance Day ceremonies, held at our Brooksby, Loughborough, and Stephenson College campuses.

At Loughborough College, Public Services lecturer Dave Corrigan led the service, opening the ceremony before Executive Director of IT and Transformation, Chris Manton recited the Royal British Legion’s ‘What is Remembrance?’. Uniformed Public Services students also took to the stand for moving readings of A Soldiers Poem, In Flanders’ Field, and Ode to Remembrance, with Jacob Pallatt, Aleksandra Robacynzska, and Ewan James Clarke reciting each poem, respectively.

Alongside the traditional Remembrance service, Brooksby College also paid tribute to the animals that served and died in military conflicts and service roles. Held at the campus’ specialist indoor Equine Riding School, the event saw staff, students, and several dogs and horses from the College’s on-site kennels and stables come together to pay their respects and lay additional purple poppy wreaths.

Stephenson College paid tribute with recitals from Principal Jonny Watkin, Executive Director of People & Culture, Emma Kilby Brooks, and Executive Director of Strategic Planning, Performance, and MIS, Ben Docherty. At the ceremony, College Principal Jonny Watkin reflected: “We have gathered today to take a moment to remember those brave men and women who not only served our country in the past, but also those who still do serve to protect our freedom and peace.” 

Representatives from the Armed Forces, emergency services, the College Group, and Governors also laid wreaths with written messages of remembrance on behalf of each organisation.