Remembrance Sunday commemorations in Shropshire

People will join together in respect for the many men and women whom have risked their lives in past wars and those lost recently in ongoing operations.

In Shrewsbury, a Remembrance Sunday service will be held at St Chad's Church at 9.45am.

A civic procession will leave the castle at 9am following the route of Castle Gates, Castle Street, Pride Hill, Mardol Head and St John's Hill to St. Chad's Church. The Mayor, and other civic dignitaries, will walk along with units of HM Forces and Service organisations to music from The Band of the Mercian Regiment.

There will also be a wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial in the Quarry at 11am. Buglers will sound Last Post, which will be followed by two minutes silence.

A March past and salute will follow immediately after the wreath laying ceremony on St. Chad's Terrace. Music accompanying the march past will be performed by The Band of the Mercian Regiment.

At St Mary’s Church in Shawbury, RAF Shawbury station personnel will attend a service in which a wreath will be laid by the Commandant of the Defence Helicopter Flying School, Captain Paul Shawcross RN.

Personnel from RAF Shawbury will also attend services at Market Drayton, Wem, Moreton Saye, Stoke on Tern, Oswestry, Ellesmere, Clive, Grinshill, Stone, Whitchurch, Ashley, Newport, Ludlow, Ellesmere College and Cosford Museum.

The Royal Air Force Museum Cosford will be holding a Service of Remembrance at 10.45am, allowing visitors to reflect on the sacrifices made by our brave service men and women. The service will be led by Rev (Sqn Ldr) Eddie Wynn RAF Reserve, Station Chaplain RAF Cosford, in front of the Comet. During the service there will be readings by Commander Jon Milsom RN COS DSAE and Dave Leek, Chairman of the Aerospace Museum Society.

Visitors to the Museum will also be treated to performances from the Cosford Military Wives Choir, who will perform for visitors at the beginning and end of the service. All visitors to the Museum are welcome to join the service for this Act of Remembrance and are politely requested to assemble in Hangar 1 no later than 10:30am ready for the Service to commence at 10.45am, which will include a two minute silence with the sounding of ‘The Last Post’.

RAF Museum Cosford Events Executive, Nina Mitchell says:

“This event is always a poignant occasion and we hope that local residents will choose to join us on the day and remember the fallen with us. I would like to thank the Station Chaplain and the Cosford Military Wives Choir for their help in organising this years’ service, I’m sure visitors will enjoy the day’s proceedings.”