Remembrance services to take place across Walsall

Walsall’s main Remembrance Sunday parade will take place in the town centre on Sunday 8 November 2026, followed by a service at the Cenotaph in Bradford Place. Residents are invited to attend, pay their respects and join military veterans and armed forces representatives in marking the occasion.

The Mayor of Walsall, Councillor Alan Fleming QRM, will lead the Remembrance Day tributes on behalf of Walsall Council, joined by representatives from the council, the armed forces and the wider community. Among those attending will be the Leader of Walsall Council, Councillor Elaine Williams, Emma Bennett, Chief Executive of Walsall Council, and David Frost CBE DL, Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands, who will join others in laying a wreath. The council’s Armed Forces Champion, Councillor Pete Sutton, will also be present. The Service of Remembrance will be conducted by the Reverend Canon Rob Hall, Vicar of St Paul’s and St Luke’s in Walsall, and Reader Anita Edwards.

The parade will begin at 10.25am in Hatherton Road and Hatherton Street before travelling past the Council House and along Lichfield Street, Lower Bridge Street, The Bridge and Bradford Street. It is expected to arrive at the Cenotaph at 10.35am, with the service beginning at 10.40am ahead of the two-minute silence at 11am.

The Staffordshire Band will provide music for the parade, which will include representatives from military associations, cadet forces and uniformed youth organisations from across the borough. This will include the Walsall & Bloxwich branch of The Staffordshire Regiment Association, 159 Div Support Company, the 196 (Walsall) Squadron RAF Air Cadets, the Girls Venture Corps (GVC) Air Cadets, 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 will be amplified, and a sign language interpreter will be available for deaf and hard-of-hearing attendees.

At 11am, those attending will observe the two-minute silence. A bugler from the Staffordshire Band will sound ‘The Last Post’ and the ‘Reveille’ before wreaths are laid at the Cenotaph.

Following the service, the parade will return via the same route to the Council House, where the Mayor will take the salute. The Mayor will then lay a wreath at the John Carless VC Memorial.

The Order of Service, details of road closures and the latest information about events across the borough will be published on the council’s website.

Remembrance events will also take place in communities across the borough. Details confirmed at the time of publication are listed below.

On Friday 6 November 2026

• Barr Beacon War Memorial - A wreath-laying ceremony of remembrance, led by the Mercian and Staffordshire Volunteer Regimental Associations and supported by the Barr Beacon Trust. Attendees are asked to arrive by 10.30am, with the ceremony beginning at 11am and including a one-minute silence. This will be attended by Councillor Alan Fleming QRM, 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 representatives from local schools. Location: Barr Beacon Park, Walsall, WS9 0QR.

On Remembrance Sunday 8 November 2026

• Aldridge War Memorial - Parade starts at 10.45am (arrival from 10am) from Aldridge Community Centre to the war memorial for wreath laying at the Cenotaph. Location: The Green, Aldridge, WS9 8NH.                                                                                                                             
• Bloxwich Cenotaph - Parade starts at 10.45am along the High Street with the British Legion, scouts, brownies, cubs and military all in attendance. To be followed by a service and a minute’s silence at 11am. Location: High Street, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3JT.                        
• Brownhills Cenotaph - Parade starts around 10.30am from the 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 starts from 10am from King Street.           Service starts at 10.40am at the Cenotaph before the minute’s silence at 11am. To be followed by a reception at Darlaston Town Hall at 11.30am. Victoria Road, Darlaston, Wednesbury, WS10 8AB.                                                                                                                                  
• Moxley War Memorial (Darlaston South) - Service and wreath laying at the Cenotaph, starting at 10.30am, followed by a minute’s silence at 11am. Moxley Road, Junction with High Street, Moxley.                                                                                                                                           
• 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 starts at 10.30am (arrival from 10am) followed by a 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. At the end of the service, the parade will set off back to Short Heath RBL for refreshments, all members of the community are invited to join.                                                                                           
• Streetly War Memorial. Service starts at 10.30am and a minute’s silence at 11am at All Saints Church, Foley Road, East, Streetly, Sutton Coldfield, B74 3EX. Streetly scouts marching band, Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs, Explorers, Brownies, Guides and Rangers will do a parade from All Saints Church after the service. Refreshments will be served to local residents in the Church Hall.                                                                                                                                               
• Walsall Wood War Memorial: Assemble at 1.45pm. Parade starting at 2.15pm. Parade from the KFC car park to St John’s Church on Walsall Wood High Street, down to the church where there will be a short service.                                                                                                                            

• Willenhall Cenotaph. Parade starts from the Market Place at 10.30am, with veterans and brass band. It proceeds through Stafford Street to Field Street. A service and wreath laying will be followed by a minute’s silence at 11am at Field Street Cenotaph. This will be followed by a wreath laying at the smaller cenotaph site at Portobello (at the junction of Somerford Place/The Keyway).

   

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