Irish Guards remembered at Centenary Wood

By The Newsroom
Published 28th Sep 2016, 09:38 BST
Updated 4th Oct 2016, 13:56 BST
Standard Bearer, Mr Norman Wallace, Northern Ireland Branch of the Irish Guards Regimental Association, Drummer Adrian Cathcart, His Grace The Duke of Abercorn KG, former Colonel of the Irish Guards, Dog Handler and the Irish Wolfhound Mascot, Domhnall, Patrick Cregg, Director of the Woodland Trust, Colonel Tim Purdon OBE, Regimental Adjutant Irish Guards, Piper Lance Corporal Richie Spence, RQMS John Gavin, Standard Bearer, Mr Emmet Bourke, Republic of Ireland Branch of the Regimental AssociationStandard Bearer, Mr Norman Wallace, Northern Ireland Branch of the Irish Guards Regimental Association, Drummer Adrian Cathcart, His Grace The Duke of Abercorn KG, former Colonel of the Irish Guards, Dog Handler and the Irish Wolfhound Mascot, Domhnall, Patrick Cregg, Director of the Woodland Trust, Colonel Tim Purdon OBE, Regimental Adjutant Irish Guards, Piper Lance Corporal Richie Spence, RQMS John Gavin, Standard Bearer, Mr Emmet Bourke, Republic of Ireland Branch of the Regimental Association
Standard Bearer, Mr Norman Wallace, Northern Ireland Branch of the Irish Guards Regimental Association, Drummer Adrian Cathcart, His Grace The Duke of Abercorn KG, former Colonel of the Irish Guards, Dog Handler and the Irish Wolfhound Mascot, Domhnall, Patrick Cregg, Director of the Woodland Trust, Colonel Tim Purdon OBE, Regimental Adjutant Irish Guards, Piper Lance Corporal Richie Spence, RQMS John Gavin, Standard Bearer, Mr Emmet Bourke, Republic of Ireland Branch of the Regimental Association
Members of the Irish Guards rallied for a tree-planting ceremony at the Woodland Trust's Brackfield Wood, in the beautiful Faughan Valley, just outside Londonderry.

Part of the Trust’s Centenary Woods project, Brackfield is one of just four flagship woods taking

shape across the UK to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War.

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The Irish Guards, including men from the Regimental Association from both Northern Ireland and