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Remembrance Day parades and services in Walsall
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Across the borough, parades and services are taking place on Remembrance Sunday to pay tribute to the men and women of the armed forces.
In Walsall, the Remembrance Day parade through the town centre and service at the Cenotaph in Bradford Place will take place on Sunday 9 November 2025. Residents can come along and watch the parade and take part in the service, which is attended by military veterans and armed forces representatives.
The Mayor of Walsall, Councillor Louise Harrison, will lead the Remembrance Day tributes on behalf of Walsall Council. The Reverend Canon Rob Hall, vicar of St Paul’s and St Luke’s in Walsall, and Reader Anita Edwards, will conduct the Service of Remembrance. David Frost CBE DL, Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands, will join others in laying a wreath.
“ It is an honour to represent the borough at this year’s annual Remembrance Sunday service in Walsall town centre. This is a time to reflect and honour those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. I hope many of our residents will come along and pay their respects at one of the many services taking place across the borough.
"Also, I’d like to thank all those involved in repairing the centrepiece of the Barr Beacon War Memorial, which was damaged by vandals earlier this month. The Barr Beacon Trust has purchased replacement topography discs, and I’m pleased to confirm that repairs will be finished in time for the Remembrance wreath laying ceremony due to take place on Friday 7 November 2025. “
“ On this, the eightieth anniversary since the end of World War II, we remember and pay tribute to the bravery and sacrifice of all service personnel, past and present, who have served our country. Walsall Council is committed to our armed forces community and today is a time for reflection and thanks. We will remember them. “
The parade will begin at 10.25am in Hatherton Road and Hatherton Street and it will take a route past the Council House, and down Lichfield Street, Lower Bridge Street, The Bridge and Bradford Street, arriving at the Cenotaph in Bradford Place at 10.35am.
Music will be provided by the Staffordshire Band and the parade will feature representatives from 159 Theatre Support Company, Cheshire Regiment Association, Mercian Volunteers Regimental Association, Walsall Sea Cadets, Queen Mary’s Grammar School Combined Cadet Force and various uniformed youth organisations.
The service commences at 10.40am in the Cenotaph Garden and the service will be amplified, and a sign language interpreter will relay it for the hard of hearing.
The two-minute silence will be observed at 11am.
A bugler from the Staffordshire Band will sound ‘The Last Post’ and the ‘Reveille’.
Wreaths will then be laid at the Cenotaph.
At the conclusion of the service, the parade will return via the same route to the Council House, where the Mayor of Walsall will take the salute and mace bearers and standard bearers will flank the saluting base. The Mayor of Walsall will then place a wreath at the John Carless VC Memorial.
Further information is available on the Order of Service Programme, which will be available to view on the Council website shortly, along with information about any road closures.
Information about other services and parades taking place across the borough:
On Friday 7 November 2025
- Barr Beacon War Memorial - Wreath laying ceremony of remembrance. This will be attended by Councillor Louise Harrison, the Mayor of Walsall, David Frost CBE DL, Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands, members of the Barr Beacon Trust Committee, Wendy Morton MP, veterans from the Mercian and Staffordshire Volunteer Regimental Associations and local schools. The Mayor of Walsall will arrive at 10.45am and there will be a minute’s silence at 11am. Barr Beacon Park, Walsall, WS9 0QR
On Sunday 9 November 2025
- Aldridge War Memorial - Parade starting at 10.45am from Aldridge Community Centre to the Cenotaph. The Green, Aldridge, WS9 8NH.
- Bloxwich Cenotaph - Parade starting at 10.45am along the High Street with the British Legion, scouts, brownies, cubs and military all in attendance. Followed by service and a minute’s silence at 11am. High Street, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3JT.
- Brownshills Cenotaph - Parade starting around 10.30am from Brownhills Memorial to St James Church. Service and minute’s silence at 11am, followed by the laying of wreaths.
- Darlaston War Memorial (Darlaston North) - Parade starting from 10.15am from King Street. Service starts at 10.40am at the Cenotaph before the minute’s silence at 11am. Victoria Road, Darlaston, Wednesbury, WS10 8AB.
- Moxley War Memorial (Darlaston South) - Meeting at the Cenotaph at 10.30am for an unveiling ceremony commemorating four new plaques representing VE Day, VJ Day, and the Korea and Falklands conflicts. After the service, there will be refreshments at Moxley Peoples Centre - all welcome.
- Pelsall Cenotaph - The service in Pelsall commences at 10.50am at Pelsall War Memorial. Prior to this, there is a short parade of uniformed organisations from Pelsall Village Centre to the war memorial along Pelsall High Street. This starts at 10.40am. Norton Road/Station Road, Pelsall, Walsall.
- Rushall War Memorial - Meeting at Pelsall Lane/Lichfield Road junction before a service outside the Rushall Hub around the Memorial stone. The service starts at 10.45am with a minute’s silence at 11am followed by the laying of wreaths.
- Short Heath Cenotaph - Parade starting at 10.30am followed by service and a minute’s silence at 11am. Parade starts from the British Legion Club on Church Road and then proceeds to the Short Heath Cenotaph on High Road. Willenhall, WV12 4JT.
- Streetly War Memorial. Service starting at 10.30am and a minute’s silence at 11am at All Saints Church, Foley Road, East, Streetly, Sutton Coldfield, B74 3EX. Streetly scouts will do a parade from All Saints Church after the service.
- Willenhall Cenotaph. Parade starts at 10:30am with veterans and drum starting in Market Place, proceeds through Stafford Street to Field Street. Service and wreath laying followed by a minute's silence at 11am Field Street Cenotaph. There will be a separate service and wreath laying at the Portobello cenotaph (junction of Somerford Place and The Keyway) at the same time as Field Street Cenotaph.
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