Staffordshire leads the nation for Armistice Day
The service is at the National Remembrance Gardens in Alrewas
The Royal British Legion's National Remembrance Gardens in Alrewas, Staffordshire, is holding an Armistice Day service this Wednesday 11th November.
The Legion says it will lead the nation in marking the day with a ticketed Act of Remembrance on the Armed Forces Memorial.
It will include the national two-minute silence at 11am, followed by music, poetry, readings and personal reflections on different experiences of service and sacrifice.
The Legion says dignitaries, alongside veterans, serving personnel, bereaved families, civic and military representatives and members of the public.
Who is leading the service
The service will be led by Squadron Leader Mandeep Kaur MBE, RAF Sikh Chaplain to the British Armed Forces.
She will be joined by the Reverend Clare Callanan, a retired Army chaplain and Chaplain to the Afghanistan Veterans Community.
The order of service also features the Band of the Coldstream Guards and participants from the Gardens' Talent in the Ranks programme, which uses poetry, songwriting and music to engage serving personnel, veterans and military families.
In her welcome in the order of service, Royal British Legion National Chair Lynda Atkins points to anniversaries that have followed the end of the First World War.
This year marks 15 years since the end of Operation TELIC in Iraq.
Next year will mark 45 years since the end of the Falklands conflict and 20 years since the end of Operation Banner in Northern Ireland.
She said: 'These anniversaries remind us that Remembrance is not only about the past. It is a living promise to honour those who served, and those who continue to serve today.'
The National Remembrance Gardens, on Croxall Road in Alrewas, will open to ticket holders and members of the public from 9am.
People without tickets for the service can take part from Heroes' Square, where proceedings will be shown on a large screen.
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