The first meeting of the Watchmen will be at St Catherine’s Parish Church in Killead. The visit will begin with a walk around the adjacent churchyard to view the war graves located there. Men from across the Commonwealth served in Northern Ireland during World War 2 and many died on active service and were interred in local churchyards and cemeteries.

St Catherine’s has a strong connection with the military being located within the secure Aldergrove military base. Indeed Aldergrove was unique at one time as being the only one in the UK to have all three branches of the armed forces based there at the same time.

Given that it is still a secure base there will be some security checks made to gain entry so anyone attending should ensure they are carrying a valid means of identification, ie a driving licence or passport. It would also be helpful to minimise the number of vehicles so arrangements will be made to car-share.

Could anyone who is going please inform David Holmes a few days in advance?

Time - 7.00pm

Venue - St Catherine’s Parish Church, Killead

The ladies of the church will be providing refreshments at the end of the visit..