Events across Staffordshire and Cheshire for Remembrance Sunday

Thousands of people are expected to attend events in almost all towns and villages across Staffordshire and Cheshire to mark Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday.

As part of this year’s commemorations, Staffordshire County Council’s Archives Service will be sharing documents and photos from when Staffordshire’s local memorials were first set up in the 1920s.

The Lord Lieutenant for Staffordshire, Professor Liz Barnes CBE, will attend the Remembrance Sunday Open Air Service, Wreath Laying and Parade at Civic Centre Stafford on Sunday 9 November and a special Armistice Day Service on Tuesday 11 November at the National Memorial Arboretum. She will also attend the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 8 November.

The Vice Lord-Lieutenant Graham Morley will be attending the Stoke City Remembrance Sunday Service and Parade on Sunday 9 November and the two minutes silence in Market Square Stafford on Tuesday 11 November.

A number of services are taking place across Stoke-on-Trent, including:

Stoke (Kingsway), Bucknall (Marychurch Road), Tunstall Memorial Gardens, Goldenhill (St John’s Church), Longton Park, Burslem (outside Swan Bank Church), Hanley (outside Hanley Town Hall).

In Newcastle-under-Lyme, a church service – involving forces representatives, local organisations and other civic guests – is being held at St. Giles’ Church, Newcastle.

The pipes and drums of the Black Watch Association once again lead a parade from Queens Gardens at 9.35am.

A wreath laying ceremony and the act of remembrance, including a two-minute silence, takes place at the war memorial in Red Lion Square at 11am.

Other events taking place on Sunday 9 November across Staffordshire include:

• Remembrance Sunday Commemoration Service and Parade - Frank Jordan Centre, Lichfield Street, Stone

• East Staffs Borough Council Remembrance

• Cheadle Town Remembrance Sunday

• Hednesford Remembrance Event - Castle House

• The Worshipful The Mayor of East Staffs Remembrance Day Parade and Service

• Remembrance Service at St Editha's, Tamworth

In Cheshire, Handforth’s Remembrance Sunday continues to grow, with more than 1,500 people attending last year—and this year’s itinerary looks even bigger.

Crewe will also host a Remembrance Sunday Service and Parade in the Town Centre.

Congleton, Sandbach, Nantwich, Knutsford and Alsager are also set for a significant turnout.

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