Birmingham will fall silent on Sunday, as the city remembers the fallen at its annual Remembrance Day service and parade.
A Day of National Remembrance Service will take place on Colmore Row, opposite St Philip’s Cathedral, on 8 November, attended by military veterans and representatives of the region’s armed forces.
The Salvation Army band will play from 10.15am, before Armed Forces representatives march onto Colmore Row.
The parade will include ex-service personnel, regular, reserve and cadet units from the Armed Forces who, with representatives of other local uniformed organisations, will march on from Temple Row from 10.30am.
At 10.50am the Deputy Lieutenant for the West Midlands, Group Captain Ian Sergeant OBE KHS DL, the Lord Mayor of Birmingham Cllr Zaker Choudhry, and the Bishop of Birmingham the Rt Revd Dr Michael Volland, will walk from the Council House with senior Armed Forces representatives to the service on Colmore Row, which will begin at 10.55am.
At 11 am a two-minute silence will be observed, after which wreaths will be laid at the Cenotaph by representatives from the Armed Forces, veterans organisations, faith and community groups. The event will end with a march past from 11.30am.
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Zaker Choudhry, said: “On Remembrance Sunday we honour our promise never to forget all those who sacrificed so much, and I encourage Birmingham’s citizens to join us on Colmore Row to observe the act of remembrance at 11am.
“It is important that we take time to remember all the men and women who died while serving their country, at war and in peacetime, who gave their todays for our tomorrows.”
The order of service for Sunday’s event will be available to download on our website
