{"id":5903,"date":"2016-07-01T23:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T23:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plattwarmemorial.org\/?p=5903"},"modified":"2017-05-03T10:44:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T10:44:05","slug":"battle-of-the-somme-centenary-commemoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/plattmemorialhall.org\/warmemorial\/battle-of-the-somme-centenary-commemoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of the Somme Centenary Commemoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.5;\">Battle of the Somme Centenary Commemoration<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Shortly before 7:30 am on Friday 1 July,\u00a0local people gathered in front of the rebuilt Platt War Memorial at the new Memorial Hall site and remembered all\u00a0those from the parish who fought on the battlefields of the Somme during 1916.\u00a0At &#8216;zero hour&#8217; a genuine trench whistle from 1916 was blown and followed by a two-minute silence, after which seven lads from the local primary school dubbed the &#8216;Platt Pals&#8217; read the list of names that included both those who lost their lives, and also the men who returned home after the war. This was the first commemorative event to be held at the new premises.<\/p>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-five\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h5 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:18;--minFontSize:18px;line-height:1.5;\">Image Gallery<\/h5><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - 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