Shortly before the ceremony, the BMMT were asked by the Ministry of Defence if they could arrange a display in one of the marquees to be put up on the site beside the cemetery.
Ingram Murray and Dr. Mike Senior hastily assembled pictures and texts illustrating the story of the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Fromelles and the fate of some of the officers and men from The Lee near Great Missenden. They arrived to set up their display on the Sunday before the event. The Museums of the Glosters and the Royal Warwicks added material commemorating their Regiments’ part in the battle. Other displays were set up in the tent village by the Imperial War Museum, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Australian Army.
Once the VIPs had departed, security was relaxed and a very large crowd enjoyed the afternoon, visiting the displays and eating and drinking in the sunshine.
Dr. Michael Senior of The Lee in Buckinghamshire has made a special study of the men of his village who fell in the battle, published as “No Finer Courage”. He recently followed this with a doctoral study of General Haking, the Corps Commander.
