Parade to mark Remembrance Sunday in Stafford

Services to commemorate the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the first World War will take place in Stafford next month.

Members of the armed forces will parade through Stafford town centre on Sunday (10 November) as part of the town’s traditional Remembrance commemorations.

Remembrance Sunday will begin with a short service from 10.50am followed by wreath laying at the Borough War Memorial in the town’s Victoria Square. Wreaths will then be laid at the County War Memorial before the parade by local servicemen and women.

The march will pass through the Market Square where a salute will be taken by the Borough Mayor, Councillor Frank James, civic dignitaries, and members of the armed forces.

Stafford Borough Council expect service personnel from the town’s 22 and 16 Signal Regiment, and Tactical Supply Wing of the RAF, as well as representatives from The Royal British Legion, Staffordshire ACF Corps of Drums, and local cadets, to be part of the parade through the town centre.

The event is held annually on the Sunday nearest to Remembrance Day on 11 November which marks the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the first World War in 1918.

The following day (Monday 11 November) prayers and a two-minute silence will be held as part of the Act of Remembrance in the Market Square from 10.50am. The short ceremony will include a trumpeter playing the Last Post and Reveille.

Councillor James, said he hoped local people and families would join him to mark such an important time in our history.

“This is an important day in our calendar where we come together as a community and remember the sacrifices that brave men and women gave in conflicts across the world to keep us safe and protect the freedoms that we have today - and this must never be forgotten.”

The information and timings for Sunday can be found from the borough council’s online calendar www.staffordbc.gov.uk/events