War reconciliation ceremony organiser Chris Kilminster, who brought the Bath area national publicity in last year have been given the Mayor of Bath’s Citizen of the Yearaccolade thanks to Cllr Will Sandry.

Chris Kilminster was among five people who received awards in recognition of their tireless work in the community. Mr Kilminster organised a Bath Blitz memorial ceremony last year, which was attended by German bomber pilot Willi Schludecker. The ceremony took place in the Shaftesbury Road Memorial Gardens in Oldfield Park and was broadcast live worldwide. Herr Schludecker was at the controls of one of the planes which caused devastation during the blitz in 1942, and returned to Bath to apologise.

Cllr Will Sandry put Mr Kilminster forward for the award, describing him as a:

strong and firm guardian of the Shaftesbury Road Memorial Gardens

Mayor of Bath, Cllr Tim Ball , said all the finalists were so different he had decided to present all of them with an award.
He said:

There was an extremely high standard of entries this year, representing many aspects of the diverse Bath community. I simply could not choose between the five finalists. They are all deserving winners for vast amount of time and effort they put into improving the quality of life for so many people in Bath.

The annual scheme is sponsored by the Framing Workshop in Walcot Street and Bath Aqua Glass.

More details of the Citizen of the Year award winners can be found at the Bath Chronicle website.