Peter Stewart

planet reigate stars thanking local heroes who are out of this world and don't forget you'll find the time that each of our features and guests are on in our show notes so you can scooch straight through to that point And I also put out social media posts during the week with links that take you straight to those specific parts of the show.

planet reigate stars thanking local heroes who are out of this world and don't forget you'll find the time that each of our features and guests are on in our show notes so you can scooch straight through to that point And I also put out social media posts during the week with links that take you straight to those specific parts of the show.

So follow us on TwitterX, Facebook and Insta to get those. OK, let's move on to this week's Planet Reigate Star Awards. And this from Jane, who said... This isn't for any praise, they just did it as kind, caring people. It made me cry to see how good people are. We often read media posts that are so very sad, but don't forget, the world is full of good people too.

So follow us on TwitterX, Facebook and Insta to get those. OK, let's move on to this week's Planet Reigate Star Awards. And this from Jane, who said... This isn't for any praise, they just did it as kind, caring people. It made me cry to see how good people are. We often read media posts that are so very sad, but don't forget, the world is full of good people too.

I wanted to bring you this story this week above all other weeks. Graham Norris, you may know the name, he does an awful lot of good work. And what he does with some of his friends and colleagues is to go around some of our local churchyards and put in some hard yards with some hard grafts.

I wanted to bring you this story this week above all other weeks. Graham Norris, you may know the name, he does an awful lot of good work. And what he does with some of his friends and colleagues is to go around some of our local churchyards and put in some hard yards with some hard grafts.

For example, St Mary's Church in Reigate, crawling around and trimming and weeding and pruning and washing and tidying various graves. Now, there was a post that he did in September, which I kept for this particular week, where he says, so hot and humid crawling around with the ants, a job well done with John and Alex, well...

For example, St Mary's Church in Reigate, crawling around and trimming and weeding and pruning and washing and tidying various graves. Now, there was a post that he did in September, which I kept for this particular week, where he says, so hot and humid crawling around with the ants, a job well done with John and Alex, well...

popped back in the week and put down some new stones on the grave that we tidied up today. Great work. Thank you, everyone. And thank you to young sailor Alec Preston, whose grave we tidied today. Alex Preston sadly died of pneumonia at the age of just 15 years old. And Graham linked to a newspaper article...

popped back in the week and put down some new stones on the grave that we tidied up today. Great work. Thank you, everyone. And thank you to young sailor Alec Preston, whose grave we tidied today. Alex Preston sadly died of pneumonia at the age of just 15 years old. And Graham linked to a newspaper article...

which I thought I'd bring you today in our Remembrance edition of the Planet Reigate podcast. The newspaper article says, Under very sad circumstances, the death took place on March 8th at the Naval Hospital Shotley from pneumonia of Alec Preston of Reigate, aged 15 years. The young man joined the Royal Navy as recently as January 27th.

which I thought I'd bring you today in our Remembrance edition of the Planet Reigate podcast. The newspaper article says, Under very sad circumstances, the death took place on March 8th at the Naval Hospital Shotley from pneumonia of Alec Preston of Reigate, aged 15 years. The young man joined the Royal Navy as recently as January 27th.

For some time he was a member of the Reigate Company Church Lads Brigade, the King's Royal Rifle Cadets, joining the junior section on September 15th 1914 and being transferred to the company on April 11th 1916. The funeral took place last Saturday at the Reigate Cemetery when his late comrades of the Church Lads Brigade under Captain Stone paid him military honours.

For some time he was a member of the Reigate Company Church Lads Brigade, the King's Royal Rifle Cadets, joining the junior section on September 15th 1914 and being transferred to the company on April 11th 1916. The funeral took place last Saturday at the Reigate Cemetery when his late comrades of the Church Lads Brigade under Captain Stone paid him military honours.

The coffin was draped with the Union flag. The officiating clergyman was Canon F.C. Davis, and he gave a touching tribute to the memory left behind by the deceased. The mourners included the parents, brothers and sisters and other relatives of the deceased lad. There were a large number of wreaths. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mrs J. Stoneman and Sons in Redhill.

The coffin was draped with the Union flag. The officiating clergyman was Canon F.C. Davis, and he gave a touching tribute to the memory left behind by the deceased. The mourners included the parents, brothers and sisters and other relatives of the deceased lad. There were a large number of wreaths. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mrs J. Stoneman and Sons in Redhill.

No more information is immediately available of the life, the short life, of Alec Preston, who died of pneumonia, but who had served in the Royal Navy in the First World War, who's laid to rest in St Mary's Churchyard, and whose grave, Graham Norris, tidied and trimmed and replaced the gravel of back in September.

No more information is immediately available of the life, the short life, of Alec Preston, who died of pneumonia, but who had served in the Royal Navy in the First World War, who's laid to rest in St Mary's Churchyard, and whose grave, Graham Norris, tidied and trimmed and replaced the gravel of back in September.

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Please remember to subscribe to the show so you don't miss an episode. And if you want to mention for your charity or non-profit event, we always look kindly on those. Let us know about it. You can fill out the form you'll find on theplanetrygatepodcast.com. So, Saturday the 9th of November, Rygate Rugby Club Fireworks Night. It all starts at 5.30 through till 9 o'clock.