All the confirmed Remembrance Day events taking place near Bury, Bolton, Manchester, Oldham, Salford, Stockport, Rochdale, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan
Armistice Day takes place this weekend, providing a moment to reflect and remember those we have lost in service and show our support to serving and former members of the Armed Forces. and their families. November 11, which is referred to as Remembrance Day, will see a two minute silence held across the country at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
As it customary, civic dignitaries, servicemen and women, service and ex-service organisations, faith leaders, emergency services and other uniformed organisations will be invited to pay their respects along with members of the public. At 11am a two-minute silence will be held and the start and finish will be marked by the firing of a 105mm gun.
Trafford Civic Remembrance Sunday services in Trafford will be taking place across the borough on Sunday November 13, and the Mayor of Trafford, Councillor Chris Boyes, will attend the Civic Remembrance Services in Sale and Hale.Garden of Remembrance on Dunham Road, opposite St Margaret's Church. Service starts at 10.55am.War Memorial, Broomfield Lane/ Ollerbarrow Road. Service starts at 3.15pm. The parade starts at 2.30pm.All Saints Parish Church, Hale Road. Service starts at 10am.
Salford The parade at Albert Bentley Place, The Crescent will assemble and leave Pendleton Ex-Services Social Club on Langworthy Road, Salford at 9.45am. Parade will assemble at the cenotaph at 10.35am. Service commences at 10.45am.The Cenotaph, Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road. Parade assembles at Morrisons, Swinton Hall Road at 10.10am. Parade leaves at 10.30am. Service commences at 10.45am.The service will be held at The Cenotaph, Church Street.
A Remembrance Sunday service will also be held in Victoria Square on November 13 at 10.40am. The Vicar will lead a service that will feature a two-minute silence, live gun fire and a wreath laying ceremony. Stockport On Remembrance Sunday, The Mayor of Stockport will lead the borough in paying respects at the Civic Act of Remembrance on the steps of Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery. At 11am, there will be a two-minute silence, beginning with the Last Post and ending with the Reveille. Following prayers, hymns and reflections, wreaths will be laid on the steps of the War Memorial.
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