Gibraltar Remembers Its Fallen At UK Ceremonies

Gibraltar House marked Remembrance this year with wreath-laying ceremonies at the Cenotaph in London and the Gibraltar War Memorial in Staffordshire. Executive Director Tyrone Duarte represented Gibraltar at the National Service of Remembrance on 8th November, before joining colleagues the following day to lay three wreaths at the Royal British Legion National Remembrance Gardens in Alrewas. Gibraltar House says it will continue the annual act of remembrance at the Staffordshire memorial.

A statement from the Government follows below:

Gibraltar House marked Remembrance this year by laying wreaths at the Cenotaph in London and at the Gibraltar War Memorial in Staffordshire. 

On Remembrance Sunday, 8 November, Tyrone Duarte, Executive Director at Gibraltar House, laid a wreath on behalf of Gibraltar at the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in Whitehall. He did so alongside representatives of the other British Overseas Territories. 

The following day, Mr Duarte was joined by Gibraltar House colleagues in traveling to the Royal British Legion National Remembrance Gardens in Alrewas. The site was known as the National Memorial Arboretum until it was renamed on 30 September. There they laid three wreaths at the Gibraltar War Memorial, on behalf of HM Government of Gibraltar, the Royal British Legion (Gibraltar Branch) and the Friends of Gibraltar Heritage Society. They also observed a two-minute silence. 

Mr Duarte, a veteran of the British Army Intelligence Corps, said: "I was deeply honoured to lay a wreath in memory of our fallen at the Cenotaph, on behalf of my fellow Gibraltarians and alongside representatives of the other British Overseas Territories." 

"Similarly, the Remembrance Gardens bear witness to the sacrifice of millions of British and Commonwealth men and women, of all nationalities, races and creeds, who laid down their lives in the service of sovereign and country, for our freedoms and for their comrades. It is right that Gibraltar's fallen are remembered here, at the heart of England, with immense gratitude and profound humility. Gibraltar House will now carry out this solemn act of remembrance every year." 

Anyone who would like to attend in future years, at their own expense, is welcome to contact Mr Duarte at info.london@gibraltar.gov.gi.