TOWNS across Herefordshire will mark Remembrance Day on November 12, honouring the lives of lost soldiers.
Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday of November and commemorates British service members who have died in wars and other military conflicts since the onset of the First World War.
Each year, there are parades on the streets of Herefordshire towns, and services in churches and at memorials, in remembrance of the lives lost at war.
Here are the towns in Herefordshire holding a parade on Sunday, November 12, along with details of the city’s event.
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Hereford
The city’s parade is at 10am in St Peter’s Square with a service and the laying of wreaths.
Members of the public are asked to keep a clear path for the parade when marching up St Owen Street.
Leominster
The service at the Priory Church will begin at 10am.
After the service, people can make their way to the cenotaph to observe the silence at 11am. The wreaths will then be laid.
Ross-on-Wye
Ross-on-Wye will host a Remembrance Sunday parade and church service. The parade starts off from the police station in Old Maid’s Walk at 10am, and everyone is invited to meet at the Prospect from 10.30am.
This will be followed by a Remembrance Day Service at St Mary’s. Refreshments will be served following the service.
Ledbury
The mayor of Ledbury, Helen I’Anson, and councillors are welcoming everyone to attend the Act of Remembrance and Parade on November 12.
Ledbury’s parade will be followed by a service at St Michael and All Angels Church at 11.30am.
Bromyard
The parade in Bromyard will start at 10.15am from the Tenbury Road car park and will go through the town, ending at St Peter’s Church for a 10.30am church service.
This will honour fallen military servicemen from across Britain and the Commonwealth.
Kington
The Remembrance Day service in Kington will take place at 10am.
This will be followed by the Act of Remembrance at 11am.
Hay-on-Wye
Hay-on-Wye will be holding its Remembrance Day service at St Mary’s at around 2.45pm.
Following the service, there will be the Act of Remembrance and the laying of wreaths.
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