People are invited to remember those lost in wars at a Remembrance Sunday commemoration in Mansfield.
Mansfield District Council will mark the occasion with a parade by service and uniformed organisations after a wreath-laying ceremony at the Civic Centre on Sunday 9 November at 10am.
There will also be a service at St Peter and St Paul’s Church for parade participants with a two-minute silence. The parade will then reform and conclude with a salute in front of the Old Town Hall in the Market Place.
Among the organisations taking part in the parade will be the Royal British Legion (RBL), the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, local Cadet forces and Guides and Scouts.
For safety reasons, there will be road closures in place along the route of the annual parade from 9.30am until 12.30pm.
Executive Mayor of Mansfield Andy Abrahams said: “I hope people will join us in paying their respects to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to this country.
“Although more than a century has passed since the start of the First World War, it is still important to reflect and remember all those who have given their lives in wars and conflicts since 1914 and give thanks for the freedoms they have helped to preserve.”
As well as the Remembrance Sunday commemoration, the council will also join the nation in marking the anniversary of the First World War Armistice Day on Tuesday 11 November, with a two-minute silence at 11am – the exact date and time the Armistice agreement was signed in 1918 signed by Germany and the Allies, bringing a halt to combat on the Western Front.
Remembrance Day Parade Schedule Sunday 9 November
10am: Wreath-laying ceremony by civic dignitaries at the Civic Centre War Memorial.
10.15am: The parade will leave the Civic Centre, heading to St Peter and St Paul’s Church along Rosemary Street, Westfield Lane, West Gate and Market Place and Church Street.
10:40am: Service for parade participants, at St Peter and St Paul’s Church, led by the Vicar, the Rev Caroline Phillips. A wreath will be laid in the Memorial Chapel by the RBL. It will include the Last Post, a two-minute silence at 11am, Reveille, and the National Anthem. There will be a collection for the RBL. After the service the parade will resume and make its way back along Church Street to the Market Place.
12noon: A salute in front of the Old Town Hall as a final mark of respect.
Road closures 9.30am to 12.30pm
- Rosemary Street
- Westfield Lane
- Wood Street
- West Gate
- St John Street
- Market Place
- White Hart Street
- Church Street.
There will be signed diversions in place and access to some streets will be halted for a short time until the parade passes.
People attending the church service at St John's with St Mary's Church, in St John Street, will be allowed access to the church grounds but will be required to stay there until the parade has passed.
Other Mansfield Remembrance Sunday events
Mansfield Woodhouse: Remembrance Day parade at 10.20am from Yeoman Hill Park to Welbeck Road, Portland Street, High Street and Church Street. The parade with gather at the Cenotaph for wreath laying and two minutes' silence before entering St. Edmund's Church for the service.
Warsop: Parade leaves Carr Lane at 10.20am heading to St. Peter & St Paul’s Church where a service will be held at 10.45 followed by wreath laying at the memorial at 11am.
Forest Town: Parade leaves Forest Town Arena car park at 10:15am heading along King’s Way, Clipstone Road West, George Street, Victory Drive, Dorothy Drive and Old Mill Lane before wreath laying followed by a service at St Alban’s Church at 11am.
Clipstone: A Parade leaves Clipstone Road at 9.30am heading to All Saints' Church, for a service followed by wreath-laying ceremony at the war memorial at Clipstone Social Club in Mansfield Road at 11am.