Remembrance Weekend at Fort Nelson with a national two-minute silence and performances of 'Our Little Fort', a First World War play by Time Will Tell Theatre.
Fort Nelson is open for Remembrance Weekend on 8 and 9 November, with Time Will Tell Theatre performing Our Little Fort across both days. It's a short, emotive drama commissioned specifically for the fort, and the organisers describe it as a poignant insight into life at Fort Nelson towards the end of the First World War. The play draws on the letters and diaries of George Weston and John Stanisforth, two soldiers stationed there whose personal accounts bring the setting to life.
That setting has its own history to lean on. During the First World War, the fort served as barracks for troops waiting to be deployed to the front line; in the Second, it was an anti-aircraft ammunition supply depot. The play puts a human face on that first chapter, using the words of men who actually lived and worked within these walls.
Remembrance Sunday falls on the 9th, and the national two-minute silence is observed at 11am, followed by a bugler playing The Last Post and a gun firing. On the Saturday, the Garrison Artillery Volunteers fire a piece from the Royal Armouries collection at 11am.
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Fort Nelson is open from 10am to 4pm on both days, and Our Little Fort runs at 11.30am, 1pm and 2.30pm on the 8th and 9th. Entry is free, though pre-booking is requested, and parking is £3 per vehicle. The fort is on Portsdown Hill, run by the Royal Armouries.
