Remember

The parade will assemble at 11am in Central Park (entrance off King Square).

March is at 11.25am.

The Mayor of the Vale of Glamorgan will take the salute as the parade passes the Town Hall, King Square.

The parade will exit King Square onto Tynewydd Road and proceed along Holton Road to the Civic Offices and assemble around the Merchant Navy Memorial, in front of the Civic Offices.

At the memorial a wreath laying ceremony will take place, the Last Post will be played and the Homily "They shall grow not old" will be recited.

The Barry branch chaplain, the Reverend Malcolm Davies will end the ceremony with a short service of remembrance.

For and on behalf of the Merchant Navy Association (Wales) Byron Jones, secretary Merchant Navy Association (Wales) John Wells, PRO, Barry Branch The attached poem is for those who do not understand the significance of this day.

Harry Parry, Chairman, Merchant Navy Association (Wales) Jim Greenway, Chairman, Barry Branch LEST WE FORGET Why do you march, old man, with medals on your chest?

Why do you grieve, old man, for friends long laid to rest?

Why do your eyes still gleam, old man, when you hear the bugle's cry?

Tell me, why do you cry, old man, for those days so long ago?

I'll tell you why I march, young man, with medals on my chest.

I'll tell you why I grieve, young man, for those that in the cold cruel seas do rest.

Through misty seas of gossamer silk come visions of distant times, When the boys of tender age sailed forth to distant climes.

We buried them in a seaman's shroud, their young flesh scorched and blackened; Blood-stained sea, their communal grave- even a headstone lacking And you ask me why I march, young man; I march to remind you all That but for those bygone youths, you would never have know freedom at all.

Mrs Bette Pim