On Friday 9 November all the pupils and staff gathered for a Remembrance Day Service. This service is always particularly poignant within the College, as in total one hundred and twenty three Bedians have fallen in service to their country. Many of whom are commemorated in the memorial chapel within the main Chapel of the College and around the world including France, Burma, Singapore and at Basra and Gaza.
However, this year the service assumed greater significance because at 11am a new memorial was unveiled by Fr Dearman and Mrs Burnage in commemoration of all one hundred and twenty three of the fallen Bedians. The memorial consisting of twin black memorial plaques, has been placed on the wall at the end of the Vaughan Corridor, outside the Maher Library, flanking the statue of St Joseph given to the College by its founder, Cardinal Vaughan.
The plaques contain the full names of each Bedian, together with their regiments and their age when they were killed. This project was guided by the Head of History, Mr Power, who gathered a committee around him who saw the project through to its conclusion.