RESIDENTS from across Droitwich will gather in the town centre tomorrow (Sunday) to remember those who have lost their lives in the two World Wars and other conflicts throughout the years.
The main parade will take taking place after the Act of Remembrance and the salute is being taken when the procession passes en route to St Andrew’s Church following the Act of Remembrance.
Organisations should muster in the Covercroft car park (not Union Lane) from 9.30am until 10.30am prior to moving off to Victoria Square for the Remembrance Ceremony itself.
The civic party will meet from 10am onwards at St Richard’s House and will be processing from there at 10.30am to be in place when the organisations take up their positions in Victoria Square. The service will begin at 10.45am.
A two minutes’ silence will be held before Last Post is played. Prayers and the laying of wreaths will then follow.
The Mayor of Droitwich Spa Graham Beale will take the salute when the parade proceeds to St Andrew’s Church, St Andrews Street for the church service at 11.15am.
A LEST We Forget event will be held at Droitwich’s Doverdale Arms after the Remembrance commemorations in the town centre.
From 2.30pm, there will be 1940s music and a complimentary afternoon tea.
Residents are being urged to dress for the occasion by wearing 1940s style clothing.
