Abingdon Peace Group: Remembrance Vigil calls for No More War

Posted: 9th November 2026

Press Release: Remembrance Vigil calls for No More War

Date: Monday 9th November 2026

Place: War Memorial, The Square, Abingdon 

Story: Up to 10 members of Abingdon Peace Group have been gathering regularly since 2022 every Monday morning by the town’s War Memorial to express “Solidarity with Peacemakers in all Conflicts.”

This morning the message was different: “No More War: The Best Way to Honour the Dead is to Work to Prevent War”. Several wore the white poppies of the Peace Pledge Union – poppies to remember the dead of all wars, whether combatants or civilians.

The poppy wreaths by the memorial show the strength of gratitude felt by the residents of Abingdon for those British soldiers who gave their lives in the two world wars. But there was no wreath of white poppies to remember the dead of all countries in all wars. Many towns display red and white poppies together. Perhaps next year….

The Radio 4 appeal this week is for a charity “Every Casualty Counts” – a charity which works to ensure every life lost to armed conflict is recorded, identified and acknowledged. We are living through the deadliest period of war in modern history. As Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor said, “We could not prevent their deaths the first time, but if we forget them they will be killed a second time. And this time, it will be our responsibility”.

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Contact: Sally Reynolds, Abingdon Peace Group [email protected] 07786 055195

Details.

Remembrance Sunday was 8.11.26. Remembrance Day is 11.11.26

White Poppies are produced by the Peace Pledge Union https://www.ppu.org.uk/remembrance-white-poppies and have been worn in the run-up to Remembrance Day for over ninety years, as a symbol of remembrance and peace.

Every Casualty Counts https://everycasualty.org/about/ is a London-based charity that focuses exclusively on promoting and supporting effective recording of all casualties of armed violence, wherever they occur.

The Radio 4 appeal for Every Casualty Counts broadcast this week was by Fergal Keane https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0033ysy