ASH - A procession will start at the Ash Centre, Ash Hill Road, at 10.20am and head towards the war memorial.Band of the Royal Engineers will lead the parade at 10.40am ASHFORD - Service at Ashford War Memorial, Fordbridge Road.ALDERSHOT - Memorial service at Royal Garrison Church of All Saints at 10.45am.ALDERSHOT - Wreath laying service at 9.30am at the Cenotaph, Municipal Gardens, Grosvenor Road, which will be attended by the mayor.ADDLESTONE - Wreath laying at Victory Park gates, Chertsey Road, at 9.30am.EWELL - Mayor of Epsom & Ewell laying wreaths at Horton Memorial, All Saints Memorial and Dog Gate Memorial as well as visiting Royal British Legion poppy sellers.Royal British Legion branches, local councils, churches and community groups will be holding various ceremonies and services on Sunday and Tuesday to pay their respects. Now generally called Remembrance Day, millions of people stop what they are doing and observe a two-minute silence at 11am on November 11 each year in the memory of those who have been affected in all conflicts. Services will be especially meaningful this year as 2014 is the centenary of the start of the First World War.Īugust 4 marked the 100th anniversary of the day Britain entered one of the costliest conflicts in history with fighting continuing until November 11 1918, Armistice Day.
Towns and villages will fall silent this Sunday and next Tuesday (November 9 and 11) as communities hold Remembrance services to commemorate the lives of those who have fallen in conflicts around the world.
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