Local Commemorations This Remembrance Sunday

Parade to Ealing Green as well as services in Greenford and Southall

Laying a wreath at the Ealing War Memorial. Picture: Ealing Council

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November 7, 2024

There will be a number of commemorations this Sunday (10 November) to mark the sacrifice of British armed forces.

There will be a Remembrance Sunday parade and ceremony at Ealing War Memorial on Ealing Green, in front of Pitzhanger Manor, with a 2-minute silence at 11am. The King’s representative, Deputy Lieutenant Richard Kornicki, will be attending the service along with Mayor of Ealing, Councillor Yvonne Johnson. Council leader Peter Mason will also be there, as well as the council’s chief executive Tony Clements.

In Greenford, the local branch of the Royal British Legion will march to Greenford War Memorial from its headquarters in Oldfield Lane South for a public service at 11am. Deputy mayor, Councillor Anthony Kelly, will attend along with Councillor Louise Brett.

At 10:45am at the Southall War Memorial, The Green, Southall, people will gather for the Remembrance Service which will include a 2-minute silence at 11am. Attendees are then invited to St John’s Church in Church Avenue for a short ceremony and refreshments. The immediate past mayor of Ealing, Councillor Hitesh Tailor, is due to attend with Councillor Kamaljit Nagpal.

Armistice Day marks the end of the First World War – at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month – to remember those who died. Commemorations will be held up and down the country on Monday 11 November – including outside Ealing Town Hall.

Remembrance Sunday is held on the nearest Sunday to Armistice Day and tends to be when most memorial services are held and it has now come to represent remembrance of all those who have lost lives or made sacrifices because of war, as well as those who put their lives at risk now.

Council leader Peter Mason said, “This is an important time in the national calendar for us to all come together, to pause and remember all those who have lost their lives in war. It is also a time for us to give thanks to those who fought for our freedom. By coming together at memorials across our borough, we recommit ourselves to never forget the huge sacrifices made by others.”

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