HUNDREDS of people are expected to join Worcester’s traditional Remembrance Sunday parade on Sunday (November 10).
Every year the parade of veterans, members of the armed forces and cadets is watched by large crowds as it marches to the city’s cathedral for the annual Service of Remembrance.
The parade will start at 9.15am, making its way via Mealcheapen Street, St Swithun’s Street and High Street to the cathedral.
At 9.40am, the mayor of Worcester will lead a civic procession from the Guildhall to the cathedral ahead of the service.
The service will start at 10am and finish at around 10.40am, when attendees will then make their way to the war memorial next to the cathedral, where a wreath-laying ceremony will be held.
At 11am, a two-minute silence will be observed.
The ceremony will end at around 11.15am. The parade will then return past the Guildhall, where the mayor and dignitaries will take the salute.
Road closures will be in place between 8am and 12.30pm on the day.
There will also be Remembrance Sunday parades in St John’s and Claines.
Worcester mayor Coun Mel Allcott said: “Remembrance Sunday in Worcester is always a poignant occasion when we remember all those who have fallen in conflict in order that we have freedom.
“All Worcester residents are invited to pay their respects together at this important ceremony of remembrance.”
There will also be a short civic service the following day on Monday (November 11), which is Armistice Day.
The mayor will be joined by standard bearers at the cathedral war memorial at 10.45am to lay a wreath. Two-minutes of silence will be observed at 11am. College Street will be closed to traffic from 10.45am until 11.15am.
An Act of Remembrance will also be held at the Woodbine Willie Memorial, St John’s Cemetery in McIntyre Road from 11am on Saturday (November 9).
Geoffrey Kennedy was awarded the Military Cross during the First World War. He was nicknamed “Woodbine Willie” during the war for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers.
