The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers’ Rolls of Honour commemorate those ringers who fell in the Great War 1914-1918 and the 1939-1945 War. Alan Regin is the current steward of these rolls of honour. He provided the inspiration behind the Ringing Remembers campaign, which aimed to recruit 1,400 new bell ringers and to ring bells across the land to mark the passing of every fallen Great War soldier who had been a bell ringer. He gained an MBE ‘For services to Campanology and its Heritage’ in 2018. Alan has served as the master of the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths and is also a prolific peal ringer having rung over 6,000 peals, the second highest number of peals as recorded on the Pealbase website.
This entry was written in March 2019.
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