People invited to Remembrance events in Great Yarmouth
People are being invited to attend a range of events taking place in Great Yarmouth to mark Remembrance Day and to honour the service and sacrifice of our Armed Services.
Things get underway with the launch of the annual Poppy Appeal at 11am on Thursday, October 24, at Great Yarmouth Market Place.
The Mayor of Great Yarmouth, Councillor Paula Waters-Bunn, will launch the appeal after being welcomed by the Rector of Great Yarmouth, Revd Canon Simon Ward.
Royal British Legion volunteers will also be at the launch and will open the poppy shop at the market. The shop will then remain open until November 12 to raise vital funds for the annual poppy appeal.
Following the official launch, local band Full House - a vintage vocal group celebrating the best of 1940s and 1950s music - will perform at the market.
On Wednesday, November 6, members of the public are invited to attend a Blessing of the Crosses ceremony at the Cenotaph in St George's Park, Great Yarmouth.
The ceremony, which starts at 11am, will be led by Revd Canon Simon Ward and gives people the opportunity to place crosses, with the names of servicemen and women who lost their lives during the war written on them, in the memorial area.
On Remembrance Sunday, November 10, parade marshalls and youth organisations will march to St George's Park from Great Yarmouth Market Place at 10.35am.
People are invited to gather at the Cenotaph in the park at 10.50am, ahead of a two-minute silence at 11am followed by the annual Remembrance service.
Great Yarmouth Brass will be providing music and Revd Canon Simon Ward will lead the service, during which civic dignitaries and members of the public will lay wreaths.
There will then be a parade outside Christchurch in King Street, Great Yarmouth, before a Remembrance service at 12.30pm at the Far East Prisoner of War (FEPOW) Memorial on Marine Parade in the town.
The service will be led by FEPOW Chaplain Pauline Simpson BEM, chaplain and secretary/welfare officer for the National FEPOW Association. People are asked to arrive at 12.20pm ahead of the service starting.
The Mayor's Chaplain, Fr Alvan Ibeh, will also be in attendance for the services.
Councillor Waters-Bunn said: "We invite residents to join us in commemorating these events and to pay our respects as we remember those who have fallen in battle."
''We remember the Armed Forces, and their families, from Britain and the Commonwealth, the vital role played by the emergency services and those who have lost their lives as a result of conflict or terrorism.''
Remembrance Day, also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a Remembrance poppy is a memorial day that has been marked in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty.
The Royal British Legion, which has supported the Armed Forces community since 1921, distributes its poppies every year in November to raise vital funds.
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