Ultimate sacrifice will be remembered (From Malvern Gazette)

Ultimate sacrifice will be remembered

9:30am Sunday 2nd November 2008

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THE ultimate sacrifice of British servicemen and women will be remembered at wreath-laying ceremonies, parades and church services in towns and villages throughout the area next weekend.

The Remembrance Sunday events and the thousands of poppies being sold and worn are for the heroes of not just the two world wars but also for the many British soldiers who have died in more recent conflicts, including Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Each year local branches of the Royal British Legion organise commemorative ceremonies in conjunction with churches and councils and we have tried to include the details of as many of these events as we can.

Malvern: The Malvern Branch of the Royal British Legion is organising a traditional Remembrance Day Parade and Service on Sunday, November 9.

Members of the RBL, police and fire services, British Red Cross, Sea and Army Cadets and Air Training Corps and other organisations will muster for the parade at 2.10pm in Graham Road.

They will march to the War Memorial in Malvern Library forecourt at 2.20pm.

A Remembrance Ceremony will take place comprising a hymn, prayers, the laying of wreaths, the Last Post and Reveille, and a two minute silence, ending with a blessing.

There will then be a parade along Graham Road and Church Street to Great Malvern Priory, where a service takes place at 3pm.

After the service the parade will remuster and return to the library forecourt, where Malvern Town Council chairman Caroline Bovey will take the Salute.

Cllr Bovey is then holding a reception with light refreshments in the Priory at 4pm.

The Malvern RBL is also holding a short ceremony at the War Memorial at 10.45am on Tuesday, November 11. Crosses will be planted and a two minute silence observed.

Christ Church, in Avenue Road, will hold a Service of Remembrance at 10.45am on Sunday, November 9. All are welcome to attend and coffee will be served afterwards.

St Mary’s Church in Sherrards Green, Malvern, is holding a Remembrance Service at 10.30am on Sunday, November 9.

Ledbury: A parade organised by the Ledbury branch of the Royal British Legion will assemble at 10.30am on Sunday, November 9 in St Catherine’s car park, Ledbury. Former servicemen and others wishing to be part of the parade are welcome.

Wreaths will be laid at the Ledbury War Memorial in the town centre before a Remembrance Service at 11.20am in St Michael’s and All Angels church.

Then on Tuesday, November 11 there will be a two minute silence at the war memorial at 11am.

Upton upon Severn: A parade will form at the bottom of New Street at 10.15am on Sunday, November 9 and march to Upton Parish Church for a Remembrance Service.

After the service the parade will form up again and march to the Old Churchyard at the Pepperpot for wreath laying.

Then on Tuesday, November 11 there will be a wreath laying ceremony and two minute silence outside Memorial Hall at 10.55am.

Colwall: There will be Remembrance Day services at 10.45am on Sunday, November 9 at both St James’ Church in Colwall and All Saints’ in Coddington.

Bromyard: Members of the Bromyard Royal British Legion will assemble in the Tenbury Road car park for a parade starting at 2.45pm.

The parade will be led by the Tenbury Town Band and will feature representatives from the town council, police and fire services, scouts, guides and cadets. It will make its way along Cruxwell Street, down High Street and Broad Street, through the Market Square and into Church Street, arriving at St Peter’s Church for a service at 3pm.

Then at 11am on Tuesday, November 11 two minutes silence will be observed outside Bromyard Public Hall.

On Sunday, November 11 there will also be a special display at the Bromyard Local History Centre, in Sherford Street, commemorating World War One.

WW1 90 Years On features memorabilia and stories from the Great War and acts as a tribute to all the people who lost their lives.

Donations received on the day by Bromyard and District Local History Society will go towards the Royal British Legion.

Visitors will also be able to research ancestors who fought in the using a free guide and help from the History Centre’s volunteers.

The exhibition runs from 10am to 4.30pm and refreshments will be served.

A service in memory of the people that fell in the Korean War is taking place at 10am on Thursday, November 6.

There will be a ‘Laying of Poppies’ ceremony at the memorial in the Public Hall gardens. It is being organised by the Hereford branch of the British Korean Veterans Association and Bromyard mayor Jonathan Lester will attend.

Alfrick: Wreaths will be laid at the war memorial following the 9am church service on Sunday, November 9.

Cradley: The Cradley, Storridge and Mathon branch of the Royal British Legion and the Malvern District Branch of the Royal Engineers’ Association will parade in Church Lane at a0.40am on Sunday, November 9.

A service will then be held at Cradley Church followed by the laying of wreaths at the McLean Memorial.

West Malvern: There will be a Remembrance Service at St James’ Church in West Malvern at 10.30am on Sunday, November 9. The service will include a two minutes silence at 11am and the laying of wreaths. After the service everyone is welcome to join members of the West Malvern Royal British Legion at its club for refreshments.

Hanley Castle: There will be a wreath laying ceremony at the Hanley Castle village war memorial at 9.45am on Sunday, November 9.

Hanley Swan: Royal British Legion members will conduct a wreath laying ceremony at the Hanley Swan village war memorial at 10.15am on Sunday, November 9.

Leigh and Bransford: St Edburga’s Church, Leigh, will be holding a special Remembrance Service including wreath laying and the two minute silence at 10.45am on Sunday, November 9.

Powick and Callow End: The Royal British Legion will be taking part in a Remembrance Day service at St Peter’s Church in Powick on Sunday, November 9. The service starts at 10.50am and will include the traditional act of remembrance, the two minute silence at 11am. In the afternoon at 2.30pm there will be a parade and wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial in Callow End, followed by a service at St James’ Church.

Madresfield: A Service of Remembrance takes place at St Mary’s Church in Madresfield at 10.50am on Sunday, November 9.

Guarlford: The Remembrance Service at St Mary’s Church in Guarlford is at 9.30am on Sunday, November 9. It will be followed by the Act of Remembrance, the two minute silence, at 11am at the Guarlford war memorial.

Welland: There will be a Service of Remembrance in St James Church at 10.50am on Sunday, November 9, followed by the laying of wreaths at the church’s war memorial.

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