ASHANTI REGION REMEMBERS HEROES OF WW1

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The Cenotaph at Adum, effigy of the WW1
        A parade of personnel from all the security agencies in the Ashanti region was held this morning to commemorate the 69th Remembrance Day which is a global occasion to pay tribute to soldiers who lost their lives during the Second World War.
Also at the Regional Remembrance Day, which was held at the Cenotaph near the Central Post Office at Adum, were the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Sameul Sarpong, the Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Kojo Bonsu, the Banatamahene, Baffuor Asare Owusu Amankwatia, who represented the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu, Regional Heads of the Police, Fire Service, Prisons Service, Immigration, Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, the Four Infantry Battalion as well as the Officer Commanding the Central Command of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier General Joseph Boampong.  
Also present were members of the Veterans Administration of Ghana, VAG.

Wreaths were laid by the Regional Minister on behalf of the government and people of Ghana, the Officer Commanding the Central Command of the Ghana Armed Forces on behalf of the security forces, the Banatamahene on behalf of the chiefs and people of Ghana while another one was laid on behalf of the veterans of Ghana.

There were both Bible and Quran Readings as well as prayers to commit the souls of the soldiers who fell during the First World War to eternal rest.
At exactly 11 am, the last post was sounded to signify the actual end to all hostilities at the war.

At exactly 11 am in November, 1918, guns fell silent at the Western frontiers during the Second World War in France and Belgium. This signified the end of all hostilities during the four-year war in which many soldiers who took part lost their lives.
Among the soldiers who took part in that war were soldiers from Ghana, then known as the Gold Coast under the rule of Britain.

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