Poppy Ball

Poppy Day Kenya

November 2022

MCC held its annual Remembrance Service at the War Memorial in keeping with the armistice signed in Europe on 11 November 1918.

Lt. Colonel Geraint Jenner, Royal Artillery & British Peace Support Team (BPST)gives a reading during the Remembrance Service held at the MCC War Memorial Buglers of the KAR play the last post

Sixth East African Weekend of Remembrance

25-26 November 2022

Above: British Deputy Defence Advisor Commander Edward Black and British High Commissioner Jane Marriot lay a wreath at Mwashoti Cemetery in memory of the fallen African Askaris and Carriers.

The East African weekend of Remembrance marking the end of WWI in Africa was held over 25th & 26th November, two weeks later than Europe, in keeping with history.

A memorial service with a KDF Quarter Guard, overseen by Brigadier Andrew Gituma, 2 i/c of the Kenya Navy, was held in Mwashoti, to remember the African Askaris and Carriers that died in WWI. Other services were held in Maktau for the Indian soldiers who lost their lives and in Taveta War Cemetery, to remember the fallen in the German East African Campaign. A ground breaking ceremony was also held on the site of the new Indian Memorial Pillar, which will be part of the Indian “Trail of Remembrance” sites around the world, where Indian soldiers have died in action.

The services were attended by representatives from eight Diplomatic Missions, as well as numerous MCC Members including organisers Tom Lawrence and James Willson, author of the ‘Guerrillas of Tsavo’.

Image courtesy Susila Anand

From left - James Willson with Commander Holger Grossmann German Defence Attaché and Lt. Col. Matt Yan American Defence Attaché for Air.