Bringing you a Remembrance special, Year 11 student Thomas is your host and guides you through Cheadle Hulme School’s annual Service of Remembrance.

In the absence of a physical ceremony, usually held annually in front of the School’s main building, join students, staff and Old Waconians in marking 75 years since VE Day and VJ Day by listening to them recall the poignant story of the Spanish Flu, alongside a selection of readings, a 2-minute silence and the Last Post.

Hear from an  Old Waconian (former pupil) currently serving on the Front Line, Lieutenant Jamie Grace, Class of 2012 who speaks directly from his base in Estonia; discover the hidden history of CHS’s Sundial memorial; and hit the high seas with Old Waconian doctor-in-training and Naval Officer, Hal Dewhurst, Class of 2016.

Readings include;

‘In Flanders Fields’ by John McCrae, read by Lieutenant and Old Waconian, Jamie Grace, Class of 2012

James Niven’s Story, read by Year 8 pupils, Alex Viveash and Emmie Roberts

Reconciliation by Siegfried Sassoon, read by CHS Infant & Junior School Head, Mr Vincent Weightman

CHS Story: Old Waconian Frances E Smith, read by Year 11 students Josh Chalk and Charlotte Freeman

Sonnet by John Buxton, read by CHS Deputy Head (Academic), Mr Nick Axon

Excerpt from Pandemic 1918 by Catharine Arnold, read by Head Boy, James Whelan

Can We Start Over, read by Mrs Jessica Feraille

There Will be Peace, read by Head Girl, Beth Harrison

Extract from ‘The Fallen’ read by CHS Head, Mr Neil Smith