A SIMPLE but little-known act of remembrance is held every month in Winchester Cathedral.

The Turning of the Pages ceremony for the Rolls of Honour of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and the Rifle Brigade dates back to the time when Peninsula Barracks in Winchester, was the depot and home of the two regiments.

Today responsibility for the ceremony lies with The Rifles, the successor regiment of the KRRC and the RB, and its regimental associations.

It takes place at 10am in the cathedral on the third Tuesday of every month except November when it is on the Thursday closest to November 11.

The death of soldier Lee Rigby, hacked to death on the streets of London, has again highlighted the sacrifices that servicemen have to face.

In the latest ceremony former Rifleman (KRRC) Pat Cody, now an In-Pensioner at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, travelled back to Winchester to turn the pages of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and Rifle Brigade Rolls of Honour.

He was supported by members of the Royal Green Jackets Association, Winchester Branch, and the occasion was attended by over 150 school children and other visitors to the cathedral.

Mr Cody, who served 22 years in the Army and afterwards as a member of the Corps of Commissionaires, said the bidding address at the ceremony before reading five names from each of the Rolls of Honour.

The ceremony concluded with a bugler of The Rifles sounding Reveille. Mr Cody said afterwards: “I am so chuffed to be asked to perform this ceremony and it means so much to me to be back with my regiment. I found it a very moving occasion.”

His uniform was of great interest to the schoolchildren who surrounded him after the ceremony and Pat gave them an explanation of what it means to be a Chelsea Pensioner and to live at the Royal Hospital.

The next ceremony will take place at 10am on June 18. All are welcome.