CITY RESIDENTS gathered to remember all those who have given their lives for peace and freedom at Worcester’s main Remembrance Sunday commemoration.
This year’s event took place on Sunday (November 8) allowed the Faithful City to once again pay its respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice both in the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts worldwide.
A service took place at Worcester Cathedral followed by a wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial in the Cathedral grounds.
This incorporated the two minutes’ silence at 11am, which ended with the firing of a gun, followed by the playing of the Last Post.
A large number of people gathered to witness the wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial.
Mayor of Worcester, Coun Roger Knight, said: “This was a solemn, important and moving ceremony to remember the many people who have fallen to protect the freedoms we all enjoy.
Other organisations involved in Worcester’s Remembrance Sunday commemorations included contingents from 214 Battery Royal Artillery; Royal British Legion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regimental Association, Navy, Army and Air Force Cadets; West Mercia Police; Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service; St John’s Ambulance; British Red Cross; the Scouts and Guides.
Hundreds of city residents then lined the streets for a parade along High Street, with the Mayor the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, Lt Col Patrick Holcroft LVO OBE, taking the salute outside the Guildhall as veterans and uniformed organisations marched past.
