People of all ages will be paying their respects to the fallen over the next few days to mark Remembrance Sunday. A host of services and parades will be held in towns and villages across the county.

The parade in Bishop’s Castle will leave the town hall at 10.45am, with an act of remembrance at the war memorial at 11am followed by a service in the parish church. A parade will leave the town square in Ludlow at 10.20am before a service at St Laurence’s Church at 11am.

There, town bugler Paul Kemp will play the Last Post.

In Clun a Remembrance Sunday service will start at 10.45am, followed by wreath laying at the war memorial at 11.30am.

In Church Stretton a parade will leave Church Stretton Social Club in Essex Road at 9.30am ahead of a 10am service at St Laurence’s Church. A service will be held at the town’s war memorial at 10.55am.

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A service will be held at 10am at Stokesay Church in Craven Arms and will be followed by wreath laying.

Personnel from RAF Shawbury and 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment will join Royal British Legion branch members and townsfolk for a parade and remembrance church service in Market Drayton.

The parade will form at Queen Street car park from 10am after which a church service will be held at St Mary’s Church from about 10.45am.

In Shrewsbury a Remembrance Sunday service will be held at St Chad’s Church at 9.45am. A civic procession will leave the castle at 9.15am and head to St Chad’s. A wreath will also be laid at the War Memorial in the Quarry at 11am.

In Bridgnorth there will be a parade through the town at 10.40am to St Leonard’s Church for a service at 11am.

In Telford the annual Remembrance Day Service will be held at The Place, in Oakengates, at 8pm.

In Lilleshall at St Michael & All Angels Church a service will be held at 10.45am.

At All Saints’ Church, in Wellington, the Remembrance service parade will start at 10.30am from the Nailors Road car park.

In Shifnal the service starts at St Andrew’s Church at 11am after a parade.

In Welshpool the parade starts from Park Lane at 10.40am with a service of Remembrance at St Mary’s Church at 10.55am.

In Oswestry the Porthywaen Silver Band will lead a parade from the Guildhall to the Memorial Gates at Cae Glas Park. There will be a two minute silence before the laying of the wreaths and the parade will go to St Oswald’s Parish Church.

In Chirk at 9.45am a service at St Mary’s Church will be followed by the Act of Remembrance at Chirk Cenotaph at 11am.

At All Saints’ Church, in Gobowen, a parade and service will start at 10am at the church war memorial.

In Llanfyllin people will assemble in Llanfyllin Square at 10.45am for a Remembrance ceremony followed by a procession to St Myllin’s Church for a service.

There will also be a service at Hadley Methodist Church at 11.15am. Before the service a parade will assemble at Castle Farm Community Centre at 10am. It will reach the war memorial at 10.55am when there will be a short service. The salute will later be taken by Lieutenant Colonel Marius Coulon, Deputy Commandant of the Shropshire Army Cadet Force.

By Emma Kasprzak