Mansfield council set to commemorate Remembrance Sunday with annual parade

The parade begins at 10.15am from the Civic Centre, heading to St Peter and St Paul’s Church along Rosemary Street, Westfield Lane, West Gate, Market Place and Church Street.

The Pipes and Drums of The Seaforth Highlanders Association will provide the marching music.

A short service will start around 10.40am in the Market Place, followed by a performance from the Mansfield Community Choir.

Joe Martin of the Mansfield branch of the Royal British Legion will then lead a two-minute silence at 11am followed by a second performance from the choir.

After the performance, the parade will regroup and return along Church Street to the Market Place for a salute in front of the Old Town Hall at noon.

Elected Mayor Andy Abrahams said: “Remembrance is a key date within the civic calendar.

“I encourage as many residents as possible to come along and pay their respects to our fallen servicemen and women as we come together as one community to remember.

“Everyone is welcome to come and pay their respects to servicemen and women who lost their lives during the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts.”

The council's knitted poppy netting will be displayed on the Old Town Hall ahead of Remembrance Sunday, and lamp post poppies and silhouette soldiers will be installed around the district.

The Mayor is also due to help launch this year's Royal British Legion’s poppy appeal on October 26 and has encouraged people to support the campaign.

"The Royal British Legion does amazing and vital support work with veterans, and this appeal is their main fundraiser of the year,” he added.

People can buy a poppy from the Legion pop-up shop in the Four Seasons Shopping Centre until Saturday 11 November, and Legion volunteers will also be running street collections in the town centre.

The wreath-laying service, parade, and two-minute silence will be streamed live on the council’s Facebook page.

The council will also mark Armistice Day on Saturday, November 11, with a small service led by Royal British Legion Chaplain Reverend Paul Bentley with a wreath-laying ceremony at the war memorial on Carr Bank Park.