Hundreds celebrate Queen Elizabeth II birthday!
It is usually a Territorial holiday, which allows residents of the Virgin Islands to join with the rest of the United Kingdom and its other Overseas Territories in officially celebrating Her Majesty the Queen’s birthday and this year the celebration was no exception as hundreds turned out to witness and cheer the sequence of events.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 87th birthday on Sunday April 21, 2013. The queen was born at 2:40 A.M. on April 21 1926, the first child of the then Duke and Duchess of York.
Held normally on a second Saturday in June, her official birthday is celebrated with the Trooping the Colour parade. The tradition of two birthdays for the British monarch has been explained by the fact that if they were born in winter, the weather would be unsuitable for outdoor events.
Meanwhile, some twenty uniform and discipline services, organisations, institutions and groups assembled at the Road Town Ferry Dock and Royal Virgin Islands Police Force Headquarters’ frontage in all sharply looking uniforms in the subtle heat to the full afternoon sun from where they march with pride to the nearby Queen Elizabeth II ground for the ceremonial aspect of the birthday celebrations.
Prior and after, residents and visitors alike lined the streets to witness the parade and then followed to the ground and made their presence felt as they joined the dignitaries in paying their respect via the ceremonial aspects of the celebrations.
There was the usual receiving of the royal salute by the Governor His Excellency Mr William Boyd McCleary, CMG,CVO, his inspection of the parade, the march pass, the royal salute and as is customary there was the presentation of long service medals.
Receiving medals in the category of Overseas Territories Police Force Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (18 years) were Constable Alvin Bolton and Calvert Llewellyn Romney and constable Janet Deloris Mitchell.
For First Clasp to the Overseas Territories Police Force Medal for Long Service (25 years), Inspector Ricaldo Noel, Sergeant Ivor Gladsone Antony Fraser and in his absence Sergeant Rawle Brian Gibbons were the recipients.
Awards for Second Clasp to Overseas Territories Police Force Medal for Long Service and good conduct (30 years) went to Inspectors Leonard Albert Fahie, Bewadney Alexander Howe (present) and Terrence Elvis Brown.
For Overseas Territories Prison Service Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (18 years) was acting Assistant Superintendent Officer 1 Vandol Abbey and for the Overseas Territories Fire and Rescue Brigade Medal for Long Service and good conduct (18 years) was leading Fire Service Officer A. Gaston Walters.
Yesterday’s parade was under the astute command of Superintendent St. Clair Amory.
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26 Responses to “Hundreds celebrate Queen Elizabeth II birthday!”
Whose fault is that?
Son of.the soil.........Iyo too blunt to have position in Iyo own country....island people rule.
Why is this the first time I have seen Pickering with his wife and why do they both look like it is killing them to be there? Not even a smile and their heads are hanging low. Seems like a funeral to me.
Why is O'Neal still filling the seat that a young person needs. If he steps out everyone else moves up and there will be an available opening for the next generation.
Why instead of putting monies toward the education of our children, do we have music fest, so many days off for carnival, easter, christmas to new years, etc etc. We should be one of the top educators in the caribbean.
Why has crime run amok and criminals not made an example of more seriously? This would make future criminals know they will not get off easily.
Why are airplanes circling over us at night when the airport is closed and then our representatives not informing the public of what was really going on? There are too many questions to list here. Why oh why oh why. What has happened to my BVI?
"Olivia D", with regards to the Deputy Premier, I've said the same thing. Now if he's the one being groomed to succeed the current Premier, I would concur, we should be seeing a lot more of the "future" First Lady in public spaces with the Deputy.
Good observation there, "Olivia"!
And where is Morris? VINO how come you na investigate that? Has his comntract end? Is James the defacto Commissioner? An island man?