Former military personnel carried flags during the territory’s Remembrance Day service Sunday at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College. Photo: CHRYSTALL KANYUCK

Without the military men and women who gave their lives in fighting, we wouldn’t enjoy the freedoms we have today, speakers said Sunday afternoon during the territory’s Remembrance Day ceremony.

Former military personnel carried flags during the territory’s Remembrance Day service Sunday at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College. Photo: CHRYSTALL KANYUCK
At times solemn, and at other times light-hearted, the message for attendees from Kevin Smith, a veteran of the United States Army and the preacher of the day, was to try to be of service too.

“Too often we forget the service part of all this,” Mr. Smith said, urging the audience to take care of even the lowliest of responsibilities if they want to honour the memory of lost soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen and women.

Premier Dr. Orlando Smith, Governor John Duncan, Police Commissioner David Morris, and Royal Navy veteran Sam Welch laid wreaths of poppies in memory of fallen servicemen and women.

Virgin Islands native James Rhymer, who served in the United Kingdom Merchant Navy during World War I, was also honoured during the ceremony. Mr. Rhymer, who died in 1931, was the recipient of the Mercantile Marine Ribbon and a British Medal Ribbon in 1919.

See the Nov. 13, 2014 edition for full coverage.

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