Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Tom's Tour of Remembrance

Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Tom's Tour of Remembrance

MAIDENHEAD, England, November 11/PRNewswire/ -- The 14 year old winner of a national music competition will set off for a
tour of battlefields and cemeteries on Remembrance Sunday.

Tom Rose won the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's competition to
compose an Anthem for Remembrance. He won GBP 750 for his school's music
department, as well as a trip to France and Belgium with Anglia Battlefield
Tours for himself and his family.

The trip is of particular importance to the Rose family as it will be the
first time any of them has visited the Arras Memorial where Tom's Great-Great
Uncle Jack (John W Odam) is commemorated.

Tom and his family will be accompanied by Anglia Battlefield Tours
trained guide and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Education
Consultant, Caroline Coxon, who said,

"It will be a great honour to accompany three generations of a family as
they pay respects to a family member for the first time. To combine that with
a visit to the grave of Hugh Gordon-Langton, the inspiration behind the
competition, will make this a very special Remembrance weekend."

Notes for Editors

1. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is responsible for marking and
maintaining the graves of those members of the Commonwealth forces who died
during the two world wars, for building and maintaining memorials to the dead
whose graves are unknown and for providing records and registers of these 1.7
million burials and commemorations found in most countries throughout the
world. Visit www.cwgc.org for more information.

2. Anglia Battlefield Tours

Anglia Battlefield Tours Ltd offer fully guided battlefield and history
tours for schools, colleges, the Military and other organised groups.

3. Anthem for Remembrance

Hugh Gordon Langton was a brilliant violinist who was killed in the First
World War and is commemorated by the Commission in Poelcapelle British
Cemetery, in Belgium. His family used a small musical phrase, instead of
words, as an inscription on his headstone to express their feelings of
sorrow.

The competition asked young people to compose a piece of music using the
inscription as inspiration, including it or using it as a theme.

Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

For further information please contact Peter Francis on +44-(0)1628-507163 or peter.francis@cwgc.org.

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