Beating Retreat and Ceremonial Sunset

6.00pm Saturday 5th July 2008

The special Chatham Veterans Day and Kent TA100 Beating Retreat and Ceremonial Sunset will feature the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Portsmouth and the Kohima Band of The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment supported by the Corps of Drums of The Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers and the City of Rochester Pipe Band.

The ceremony starts at 6.00pm with access to the Dockyard permitted from 5.00pm unless a daytime ticket is held.

Ex-Services Standards are welcome to join the finale Muster prior to the Sunset Ceremony.  Please call 01634-823821 to register your interest to be on parade.

Alternatively call into The Historic Dockyard Admissions Desk and buy your tickets in person.

Ticket prices vary dependent on location and view:

Front view seats £10.00 (Sold Out)
Side view seats £8.00
Reverse view seats 6.00

(Beat Retreat Tickets include a £1.50 Booking and Administration Fee that is non-returnable in the event of a partial or full cancellation of the ceremony).

Beating Retreat and Ceremonial Sunset is a fundraising event in aid of Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust and the "Help for Heroes" Charity.  As such, and we are sure you will understand, all public seats must be paid for to maximise the amount donated to these most worthwhile causes.

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