We would like to share this message with you from Bruno Peak - Pageantmaster:
Each November we gather in shared silence and witness names read out, carved tenderly in stone. We are summoned to more than mourning, rather to see the possibly of enduring peace.
To remember is to recognise the humanity within each story: the hope of a soldier’s distant gaze, the echo of a mother’s lament, the innocence lost to a child’s vanished world. War is not the work of nameless nations, but of individuals; and it is here we find the seeds of peace, growing stronger through each of our memories.
As we remember, let the 'flame of peace' also be passed between us, hand to hand - its light illuminating the lives once lived, but the promise of a future yet unwritten. As the voices of those who have gone before fade into history, it is our responsibility to honour their sorrow and respond with hope to the wounds that conflict leaves behind.
In a world often frayed at the edges, remembrance serves as our guiding star, so let us not only reflect on the past but also look to the future as we join across the land at 10.57am on November 11th 2026, as we light the Lamp Lights of Peace throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
This will be a symbol to guide us all as we step into the future with courage and hope for our fragile and beautiful world. Let these Lamps burn brightly, as an emblem of our shared commitment to peace in this troubled world of ours.
Details of the Lamp Light of Peace and its associated activities can be viewed and obtained from the attached Guide To Taking Part as well as going to www.lamplightofpeace.com. The colour red represents the supreme sacrifice made by so many, many millions during WWI and WWII, with the flame - 'the light of peace that emerged from the dreadful darkness of war’.
We are planning that this event will become and annual occasion on our Day of Remembrance - (11th November) -throughout our Nation, and other countries around the world, growing in size, stature and meaning, bringing people, families and communities of the world together in common commemoration of those that gave so much to secure the peace we enjoy today, and promote and encourage everlasting peace.
One of the overall aims of this event, is to encourage the involvement of young people, especially as they are the 'peace makers' of the future.
“As the embers of past conflicts linger beneath our common life, remembrance becomes not merely a gesture, but a solemn vow.”
So with the above In mind, we would like to encourage those that already have Lamp Lights of Peace, to relight them again at 10.57am on 11th November 2026, and those that do not already possess them, we urge you go to page 9 of the Guide to see how they can be obtained, and once purchased for this occasion, they can be used for many years to come.
From the Guide, you will see how you can take part in the other aspects of this event - pages 6 (The Youth Prayer for Peace), 7 (The Prayer for Peace), 10 (The Flag of Peace throughout the Nations), and those participating will receive a copy of the Certificate shown on the back page, along with further information nearer the time.
IMPORTANT PLEASE: If you do wish to support this unique and special occasion in one or more ways, please remember to register your involvement - see page 15, enabling us to keep you updated with progress etc.
We do hope that you enjoyed your involvement in VE Day 80 and D-Day 80, as well as other previous historic occasions such as our late Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilees etc, and will want to play an important role in this promotion of peace throughout our world on 11th November 2026 and beyond.