12/11/2026
🌹 Armistice Day at Drumcree 🌹
We were delighted to have local historian Richard Edgar with us at Company Section on Wednesday evening to give the boys a talk on Portadown War Memorial and folk from the town, and our Parish, who served in the First World War.
He told the story of Rev Francis Johnston Halahan MC and Bar, former Rector of our Parish and Senior Chaplain to the 36th (Ulster) Division during the Great War, and the very historic Union Flag he used on active service and brought back from the battlefields. This Flag has remained in our Church ever since, and in order to preserve it the Select Vestry have now had it placed in a protective case and displayed on the wall at the Church War Memorial where it had previously hung.
We were also honoured to have the President of the Portadown Branch of the Royal British Legion, Major Philip Morrison MBE BEM, with us to speak and conduct an Act of Remembrance. Our thanks go to both men for taking the time to share these great stories with us and impressing upon the boys the importance of Remembrance.
We also thank the parishioners and friends of the Company who joined with us for this very special and enjoyable occasion.
Lest We Forget 🌺
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