Zeebrugge Raid Herdenking - 23 April 2017

Die 99ste Herdenking van die Dover Patrol se heldhaftige en historiese aanval op Zeebrugge op Dag St George's 1918 herdenk teen 'n jaarlikse seremonie op 23 April 2017. Reverend John Walker conducted a service at St James Cemetery where the fallen of the raid are laid to rest together with their leader Vice Admiral Sir Roger Keyes. Verteenwoordigers van Dover en Zeebrugge het saam met Veteraneverenigings kranse gelê, Gemeenskapsgroepe en families van diegene wat gesterf het.

die St. George’s Day raid on the mole at Zeebrugge is remembered for the extreme bravery of the men involved in the attack. Following the attack 8 Victoria Crosses were awarded. Ten spyte van die verskriklike lewensverlies, die Zeebrugge Raid gehelp om die einde van die Eerste Wêreldoorlog verhaas.

Na afloop van die seremonie by die begraafplaas verdere opsigte betaal by Dover stadsaal waar, op die middag, die Ordonnansie burgemeester van Dover, Councillor Neil Rix rang the Zeebrugge Bell. The Bell was a gift of thanks from the King of Belgium in recognition of the fallen.