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Remembrance Day parades and services in Walsall
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Across the borough, parades and services will be 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 10 November 2024. 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 Anthony Harris, 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, will conduct the Service of Remembrance, and David Frost CBE DL, Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands, will join others in laying a wreath.
“ Remembrance Sunday is an important time for us to come together to pay our respects as a community to those who have served in the armed forces. I am honoured to be taking part in the service in the town centre and I hope many people in our communities will come along and attend one of the many services taking place across the borough. “
“ This year, Walsall Council was awarded a Silver Award in the Ministry of Defence’s Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS) for its commitment to service personnel and the armed forces. Today is a chance to remember and reflect as we pay tribute to their bravery and sacrifice. “
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 8 November 2024
- Barr Beacon War Memorial - Wreath laying ceremony of remembrance. This will be attended by Councillor Louise Harrison, the Deputy Mayor of Walsall, members of the Barr Beacon Trust Committee, veterans from the Mercian Regiment and local schools. The Deputy Mayor of Walsall will arrive at 10.45am and there will be a minute’s silence at 11am. Barr Beacon Park, Walsall, WS9 0QR
- Blakenall Peace Tree. This tree was planted in 1919 to commemorate those who lost their lives in the Great War. There will be a short service followed by the minute’s silence at 11am and wreath laying. The Green, Blakenall Heath.
On Sunday 10 November 2024
- 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. Service at Moxley Cenotaph before the minute’s silence at 11am. Victoria Road, Darlaston, Wednesday, WS10 8AB.
- Moxley Cenotaph. Service and wreath laying starting at 10.30am followed by a minute’s silence at 11am. Moxley Road, Junction with High Street, Moxley.
- Pelsall Cenotaph - The Leader of Walsall Council will be attending this service. 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. Service at 11am. Memorial stone outside the form library, Pelsall Lane/Lichfield Road junction.
- 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. Parade starting at 10.45am followed by service and a minute’s silence at 11am at All Saints Church, Foley Road, East, Streetly, Sutton Coldfield, B74 3EX.
- Walsall Wood War Memorial - Parade starting at 1.30pm from Oak Park to St John’s Church on Walsall Wood High Street.
- Willenhall Cenotaph. Service and wreath laying followed by a minute’s silence at 11am at Field Street Cenotaph. Followed by a wreath laying at the smaller cenotaph site at Portobello (junction of Somerford Place/The Keyway).
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