Leah Turner

Promoting remembrance of World Wars and all conflicts. Especially commemorating The Holocaust and remembering those that died from all nations.

[Leah Turner @LeahTurner2012]

@iamtomskinner I suggest you speak to one of your local Councillors and ask their help in speaking to the Housing Dept.

[Leah Turner @LeahTurner2012]

J D Vance, this photo is of some of the many British service people killed in recent years in Afghan and Iraq. Don’t say the UK hasn’t fought in a war for 30/40 years.
We have played our part in many conflicts across the world.

[Leah Turner @LeahTurner2012]

Our service will go ahead whatever the weather holds. Outside if possible, inside if not.

[Havant Borough Council @HavantBorough]

Join us for a short non-denominational service of commemoration, 11am tomorrow (27 January) at the Holocaust Memorial at Havant Cemetery (New Lane, Havant).

The service, led by Honorary Alderman Ms Leah Turner, will focus on this year's theme 'For a Better Future.'

[Leah Turner @LeahTurner2012]

@musicmagpie any coupon codes available? https://t.co/9Z7b25Zopj via @couponfollow

[Leah Turner @LeahTurner2012]

@mndassoc So sad to hear this. Rob and Kev have done so much to publicise the awful disease MND. My condolences to Rob’s family, the whole MND community and of course Kevin Sinfield.

[Leah Turner @LeahTurner2012]

Havant Borough Council had a wonderful speaker from Second Generation this year. A poignant and moving way to perpetuate Holocaust Remembrance.

[H.E.T. @HolocaustUK]

Did you know you could book a talk from a member of the Second Generation (the children of Holocaust survivors)? Via our Outreach Programme you can hear from a member of the next generation about their family’s experience and the continuing legacy of the Holocaust

[StandWithUs @StandWithUs]

🚨#BREAKING: The European Parliament passed a resolution stipulating that any call for a ceasefire in the #Hamas-#Israel war should be conditional on the dismantling of Hamas and the immediate and unconditional release of all the hostages.

[Leah Turner @LeahTurner2012]

On Remembrance Sunday in Hayling Island a parade will form at 10.15-10.30 in Hollow Lane car park. It will march to our Cenotaph in Elm Grove, where a short service and wreath laying will take place.
All are very welcome.

[Leah Turner @LeahTurner2012]

We will remember them.

[Karen Pollock 🎗️ @KarenPollock100]

We will mark Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, we will remember those who fought and died in the effort to defeat Nazism. We will remember those who have fallen to keep this country and its citizens safe.

⁦@JewishChron⁩ ⁦⁦@HolocaustUK⁩ https://t.co/t7PNvUe3Gh

[Rɪᴄʜᴀʀᴅ Kᴇᴍᴘ ⋁ @COLRICHARDKEMP]

“Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me.”

[Leah Turner @LeahTurner2012]

We will remember them.

[Moz Perkins⚓️🇨🇶🇬🇧 Author 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @MozPerkins]

On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.

None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.

The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.

Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied.

A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight.

On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside.

On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:

"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".

On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside.

There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.

Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals.

A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London.

He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.

The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.

It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son...

THIS is the reason we wear poppies.

We do not glorify war.

We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.

Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

[Leah Turner @LeahTurner2012]

So moving, thank you.

[StandWithUs @StandWithUs]

Israel Opera sings a beautiful rendition of 'Bring Him Home' from Les Misérables as a tribute to the 220+ innocent #Israelis who were ruthlessly kidnapped by #Hamas terrorists and are currently being held hostage in #Gaza.

[Nancy H 🇺🇦 @NHousteau]

@AuschwitzMuseum

[Havant Borough Council @HavantBorough]

The usual floodboards along the Hayling coast have now been installed. Those with specific spacings help storm drains from becoming overwhelmed in extreme high tides to avoid flooding.Sign up for flood warnings: https://t.co/V92Jjia8kH. Prepare for flood: https://t.co/4VU30e1Ol7

[Coastal Partners @CoastalP_UK]

Work is scheduled to start along South Hayling beach on 25th September for up to 3 weeks.
The beach will remain open so please take care if you are in the area.
The work helps to increase the beach’s standard of protection against flooding. More info https://t.co/OyUFU52uQX

[Leah Turner @LeahTurner2012]

Proud we commemorate this at Havant Borough Council each year.

[Holocaust Memorial Day Trust @HMD_UK]

#HolocaustMemorialDay is the international day on 27 January to remember the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside all those murdered under Nazi persecution of other groups and in more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

[PCC for Hampshire & Isle of Wight @HantsPCC]

BIG NEWS 📢 @DonnaJonesPCC approves funding of more than £600K for innovative drug testing on arrest scheme. It's in operation across police custody suites in Hampshire & the Isle of Wight. Here's the full story 👉https://t.co/kiyrKQ6eHX

[Leah Turner @LeahTurner2012]

Hayling Island Residents Town Hall Meeting | Havant https://t.co/V8qAo1NESm

[Havant Borough Council @HavantBorough]

Opening Tuesday 1 August, up to 47 new parking spaces will be made available at West Beach, Hayling Island.

The council have been working closely with Natural England to ensure the area identified can be used seasonally to ease parking pressures.

https://t.co/UGyNDT37aO

[Leah Turner @LeahTurner2012]

Genocide takes many forms, all abhorrent and all must be prevented.

[World Jewish Congress @WorldJewishCong]

The atrocities that occurred at Srebrenica in July of 1995 are a case study on how extreme hatred based on ethnicity and religion can lead to unspeakable events.

That’s why it is essential that we keep working to shine a light on these crimes and those like them—so that never again truly means never again.