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Falklands Memorial Chapel anniversary events.

A series of special events to mark the twentieth anniversary of the 1982 South Atlantic Conflict are planned at the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel at Pangbourne College, Berkshire, in Southern England.

The annual Service of Remembrance, to be held on Sunday, June 16th, at noon, is expected to be attended by the biggest congregation since the Chapel was opened by the Queen in March, 2000. Visitors need to obtain tickets in advance, by April 19th.

A Flower Festival, inaugurated by the Chapel Flower Guild in 2000, will be repeated during the weekend of May 16th to 19th. Based on the theme "Journey to Stanley", its forty flower arrangements will, its organisers say, "portray the journey through life and across the sea and land to Port Stanley in the Falklands".

The Flower Festival will open with an Evensong service on May 16th at which the address will be given by the Bishop of Reading, the Right Reverend Dominic Walker, who dedicated the Chapel when it first opened.

There will be marching parades by pupils of the College and a concert by Pangbourne Choral Society. Money raised by the Flower Festival will help provide flowers for the Chapel throughout the year.

Admiral Woodward war lecture

The Commander of the 1982 Task Force, Admiral Sir John (Sandy) Woodward, and the chaplain to the 2nd Paratroop Battalion in 1982, the Reverend David Cooper, will give a lecture on May 17th entitled "War, a Spiritual Pilgrimage -- reflections on armed conflict and the man".

A book describing how the Memorial Chapel came into being, called "Just to See His Name" has been written by the retired headmaster of Pangbourne College, Anthony Hudson, costing £7-50 plus postage. The book describes the struggle to raise money to build the two-million pound chapel. Sales of the book will go towards the upkeep of the Chapel.

The names of all the British who died in the Conflict are permanently commemorated on stone memorial plaques, in a leather-bound Memorial Book, and on a unique "Garden of Remmebrance" website compiled by the South Atlantic Medal Association.

A fifteen-minute video of events that have taken place at the Chapel is also available in exchange for a donation of £5 plus postage.

An appeal has gone out for donations of memorabilia from the 1982 Conflict to be auctioned to raise funds for the Chapel. Admiral Woodward launched the appeal by donating a sword and some oil paintings.

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