Sunderland care home marks Armistice Day with emotional recital by 90-year-old resident
A 90-year-old former member of the Salvation Army brass band has been praised for his delivery of two poems on Armistice Day.
Residents at the city’s Hylton View Care Home held a two-minute silence and recital to mark Armstice Day on Friday, November 11. The event had an emotional ending when 90-year-old Jim Fox recited The Kohima Epitaph.
Jim was in the the Salvation Army band, said activities coordinator Gretel Woods, and he told her it would be a great honour to recite the poems as “it meant so much to him and made him quite emotional”.
He also recited For the Fallen, by Laurence Binyon.
Gretel added: “He is 90 years old and did a fantastic job, he knew every word. He was heard revising them for a few days leading up to the service.”
On Remembrance Sunday, Sunderland will pay tribute at the city’s annual Remembrance Parade and Service at the War Memorial in Burdon Road.