Remembrance Sunday: Memorial events to be held across Shropshire
Shropshire will fall silent this weekend as people pause to remember those who lost their lives in times of conflict.
Remembrance Sunday takes place this weekend and a host of memorial events will be held across the region on both days.
The Mayor of Shrewsbury, Councillor Jane Mackenzie will join members of The Royal British Legion in the Square for two minutes’ silence at 11am on Saturday.
A Remembrance Sunday service will be held at St Chad’s Church the following day at 9.45am.
The mayor will lead a civic procession with units of HM Forces and the service organisations, leaving the castle at 9am following the route of Castle Gates, Castle Street, Pride Hill, Mardol Head and St John’s Hill to St Chad’s Church. There will be road closures in place while the parade makes its way though the town.
Following the service there will be a wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial in the Quarry at 11am. Buglers will sound The Last Post, which will be followed by two minutes’ silence before wreaths are laid.
A march-past and salute will follow immediately after the wreath laying ceremony on St Chad’s Terrace.
Telford MP Lucy Allan will mark the sacrifice and service of the fallen on Remembrance Day in the town.
The MP will be attending Hollinswood and Randlay parish council Remembrance Service at the town park on Sunday at 10.30am.
Members of the public are invited to join the ceremony at the Aqueduct Bridge in Aqueduct, Telford, at 2.30pm.
Hundreds of people are expected to turn out for the Remembrance parade in Wellington.
And while Wellington Town Council’s Remembrance Sunday event is always well attended, this year it has added an extra dimension to the event.
The council has funded the purchase of a number of commemorative poppies which have been placed in locations across the town centre.
The Remembrance Sunday ceremony will also have a new addition to the service at the town’s All Saints’ Church when local history group Wellington Remembers delivers a special reading of the history of one of the 118 servicemen and women from the town who perished in the First World War.
The march will start in Nailors Row car park at 10.25am with the service on the Parish Church Green starting at approximately 10.45am.
The Armistice Day service will start at 10.45am in the town square.
There will be a Remembrance parade in Madeley on Sunday.
The town’s branch of the Royal British Legion has organised the event, which is open to everybody.
The parade will leave Park Lane at 10.15am and will arrive at the Cenotaph at 10.45am.
There will then be an open air service.
Welshpool Town Council and the Royal British Legion are holding a Festival of Remembrance on Friday in the Assembly Room at the town hall.
The event begins at 7.30pm and there will be music from the Porthywaen Youth and Training Band and performances from entertainer Martin Barry and violinist Sally Crosby.
Tickets can be purchased in advance for £5, available from Welshpool Tourist Information Centre, Welshpool Town Council office and Jan’s cards and gift shop.
Tickets can also be purchased on the door at a cost of £6.
For more information about the event please contact Welshpool Town Council on 01938 553142. On Sunday, the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford will be holding a Remembrance Service paying respects to those service men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice during their tours of duty.
Those wishing to pay their respect, should arrive in Hangar 1 at 10.30am. The service will commence at 10.45am and will be led by the station chaplain at RAF Cosford.
In addition to this year’s service, they have been working with a local school to create a poem for the service, and the Cosford Military Wives Choir and personnel from RAF Cosford will also be joining the event.
The service will include a two-minute silence with the sounding of The Last Post performed by a bugler.
Organisers of Shropshire Poppy Appeal are hoping to hit the half a million pound mark this year.
Hundreds of volunteers have been out in force selling poppies and raising funds and they hope to beat the £478,000 they raised last year.
