Never forgotten: In memory of Fusilier Lee Rigby

Riders gather for the Lee Rigby Memorial Ride 2016

The community will come together once again on Sunday (21 May) to remember Fusilier Lee Rigby on the fourth anniversary of his death.

Each year the Rigby Guardians, who come from all across the country and ride through Heywood and Middleton, then parade with the Manchester Pipe Band to Middleton Memorial Garden where they are joined by Lee’s family and the community for a service in Lee’s memory.

This year they will set off from Rochdale Town Hall at 12pm and the service of remembrance at Middleton Memorial Garden will take place at approximately 1.15pm.

Lyn Rigby said: “The service in Middleton and support from the Armed Forces and wider community provides strength to our family as we remember Lee and what an amazing person he was. We miss him every day and for those who have lost loved ones you will understand that anniversaries are particularly hard to deal with”

“This year is particularly poignant as we deliver the Lee Rigby Lodge, a house for bereaved families, a positive legacy for Lee. This will be a place to get away from it all and to support our Armed Forces families at their time of most need.”

The house is set in beautiful countryside in Staffordshire and will provide a retreat and place of quiet for those who have lost a loved one while they were serving their country.