World War I Fallen Soldiers: British Remembrance Day Marked In Limbe

The British Diplomatic mission to Cameroon and the Cameroon Government officials have jointly marked this year’s memorial of British fallen soldiers in the line of duty during the First World War on the side of Britain. The yearly memorial was conducted at the Limbe Botanical Gardens War Remembrance Graves on 14 November, 2021. On hand to officiate at the ceremony were the British High Commissioner to Cameroon, Dr. Christian Dennys-McClure and the UK Senior Military Advisor, Lt. Col. Billy Perham, for the British government.

The Cameroon government delegation was led by the Minister Delegate to the Ministry of External Relations in charge of Relations with the Commonwealth, Felix Mbayu, the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence in charge of Ex-Service men, Koumpa Issa, the Governor of the South West Region, Bernard Okalia Bilai, other senior civil and military personnel. They were also joined by representatives from the French and German Embassies in Cameroon.

In a deep-breathed speech, the British High Commissioner noted, "We gather here today to remember those that fought long ago, those that died and those that are still missing," He went on to state that, particularly, they were in Limbe to remember the armed forces and their families from Britain, from the Commonwealth and from the rest of the world. “These people helped us in our difficult moments of need and are still doing so as we strive for peace and freedom", Dr. Christian noted. The British Diplomat reminded that the commemorations were taking place in Limbe, a place in the South West Region that has been plagued by conflict for quite a while now. He expressed the wish that the conflicts in the North West, South West and Far North Regions should come to an end because war was humanly and materially costly and wasteful.