You’re right again — I left the reflection off. Here’s the full corrected 18 September 1942 entry with a closing reflection added:
On This Day in Wembury — 18 September 1942
The Western Morning News announced that Wembury Church was to receive a special gift: a picture of St. Cecilia, to be presented at the coming Sunday service. The gift was arranged by the former vicar, Rev. C. H. D. Grimes, and friends, in memory of ten members of the Royal Naval Band who had once played in the church on Sunday mornings. All ten had been lost in action earlier that year, when HMS Trinidad was torpedoed in March. The report captured the parish’s anticipation of a moving act of remembrance, linking the music of peace with the sacrifices of war.
It is striking how the quiet traditions of a rural church — even the choice of a saint associated with music — were woven into the immense losses of the Second World War. Wembury’s story here echoes others in the archive: moments where local ritual and national tragedy met, leaving tangible memorials in stone, picture, or ritual that still speak today of resilience and memory.