REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY PARADE AND SERVICE IN NEWBURY

The Remembrance Sunday Parade and Service will be held in Newbury on Sunday 12 November 2017.

The Remembrance Sunday proceedings will commence with the main parade stepping off at 10.25am from Pelican Lane and marching the length of Northbrook Street turning into Mansion House Street where the Mayor of Newbury, Cllr David Fenn, will take the salute prior to continuing to the Market Place where the Remembrance Service will take place. Following the brief Service of Remembrance in the Market Place, the parade will march past the War Memorial where wreaths will be laid on the way into St Nicolas Church.

For the first time this year, in response to a request from members of the public with hearing difficulties, there will be a qualified British Sign Language expert who will be on a rostrum in order to ensure that those people who need help hearing the service are in a position to see the Signer.
Using the larger area in the Market Place means we are better able to accommodate the ever-growing numbers attending the Remembrance Service which also allows the younger members of our community to see what is happening and for everyone attending to feel more comfortable.

Cllr David Fenn, Mayor of Newbury said, “We are pleased that so many veterans, serving personnel, uniformed organisations and members of the public attend Newbury’s Remembrance Parade and Service each year to remember those who have served our country.”

Continued……Service sheets are available on the day and the service, commencing at 10.53am comprises of:
• Hymn ‘O God our Help in Ages Past’
• Bidding prayers, Exhortation, Last Post, Solemn Silence, Reveille, Kohima Epitaph, Prayer,
• Symbolic laying of wreaths, National Anthem (one verse only), Blessing.
Everyone is welcome to attend this event.