2012 Remembrance Ceremony (For APL Ramana, APL Denzel, APL Kaiwen

SAF VETERANS’ LEAGUE (SAFVL) REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE – 11 NOV 12 (SUN)


INTRODUCTION
1. Remembrance Day is held annually to honour those who have fought and suffered during World wars. Once again, the Uniformed Groups are invited by the Singapore Armed Forces Veterans’ League (SAFVL) to attend this year’s Remembrance Day Ceremony at Kranji War Memorial on Sunday 11 November 2012.

2. Remembrance Sunday Service is an international service, non-religious and is applicable to all religious denominations. Among those attending the ceremony are, NCC teacher officers undergoing the Officer Cadet Course, cadets from other Uniformed Groups as well as school pupils.

3. After the service at Kranji War Memorial, all participants will embark on a learning journey “Reflection@WWIISG”. This learning journey is arranged for them so that they can retrace the tragic story of the Fall of Singapore. A total of 24 WWII sites will be visited during this learning journey.

4. The ceremony will commence at Kranji War Memorial 0730 hours. All are to be present half an hour earlier. After which, buses will be arranged to bring them from site to site with a commentary by the members of the Veterans’ League.


AIM
5. The aims for the involvement of the cadets are as follows:
a. To enable our cadets to learn about the sacrifices made by soldiers killed in battles in the defence of our nations so that they can better appreciate the important roles played by our armed forces and national servicemen.
b. To inculcate in our cadets a deep sense of reverence for those who have sacrificed their lives in the defence of our nation.
c. To enhance the lessons taught to cadets under the Total Defence Programme.


COMPOSITION OF THE GROUP FROM UGs
6. As in the past years, various Uniformed Groups are requested to support this event by providing cadets respectively.
NPCC - 80 cadets
NCDCC - 60 cadets
The Girls' Brigade - 40 cadets
The Boys' Brigade - 80 cadets
Other uniformed groups - 60 cadets


ATTIRE
7. The attire for Officers and Cadets will be their respective UG uniforms with Head Dress and Medals (if applicable).


LOGISTICS REQUIREMENT
8. Shuttle service from the Kranji MRT station to Kranji War Memorial would start at 0630hr to 0715hr. Buses will also be arranged by HQ NCC to bring the students from the pick-up points designated by the UG HQ to Kranji War Memorial.
9. Buses will be provided by HQ NCC to ferry the participants during the learning journey.


SUBMISSION OF NOMINAL ROLL AND ISSUE OF BADGES
10. All UGs are to submit the nominal roll to their various UG HQs on the prescribed forms by 12 October 2012. The various HQ is to collate the responses and forward the collated response to HQ NCC.
11. The Remembrance Day badge will be issued according to the nominal roll submitted. Only cadets will receive the badges. The badges would be handed over to the persons in charge on the actual day. Please collect these items from your respective HQ after the event.


SEQUENCE OF EVENT
12. Sequence of event on 11 November 2012 is as follows (Refer to Annex A for more details on “Reflection@WWIISG”:

Time (HRS) Description

0700 Arrival at Kranji War Memorial / Form-up
0730 Start of the Remembrance Day Ceremony
0800 End of Ceremony / Departure for Reflection@WWIISG
1130 End of Reflection@WWIISG / Dismissal at Cenotaph


CONCLUSION
13. The Remembrance Day Ceremony is an important event, to honour those who have fought and suffered during the World Wars. The participation of Uniformed Groups in the ceremony is significant – “Lest We Forget”.


Warm regards,
Mr. Lincoln Chan