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Remembrance Sunday 2009
1 November 2009
THE War Memorial in the Carfax will be the focus of this year’s Remembrance Sunday service in Horsham at 11am on 8 November.
Remembrance Sunday is the day traditionally put aside to remember all those who have given their lives in war.
It was originally conceived as a commemoration of the war dead of the First World War but after the Second World War, the scope of the ceremony was extended to focus on the nation’s dead of both World Wars, and in 1980 it was widened once again to extend the remembrance to all who have suffered and died in conflict in the service of their country and all those who mourn them.
The timings for the service will see the Parade arrive at Horsham’s War Memorial at approximately 10.50am on Sunday 8 November.
The two minutes silence, in memory of the fallen, will then follow at 11am.
The Chairman of Horsham District Council, Cllr Keith Wilkins, will lead the wreath laying on behalf of the people of the Horsham District.
He will be followed by Mr Gerry Harris, Chairman of the Royal British Legion Horsham Branch, and then by The Rt. Hon Francis Maude MP, Member of Parliament for Horsham.
Representatives of the armed services and youth organisations will then lay their wreaths, each as a mark of solemn respect.
A church service follows at the Parish Church of St. Mary The Virgin in the Causeway, Horsham to which everyone is invited.
After the service, the Parade will leave the Causeway and march, via South Street, back through the Carfax where the salute will be taken by Cllr Wilkins and Mr Harris.
Working with the Church and District Council, the Royal British Legion is the main local organiser of Horsham's Remembrance Sunday service.
A number of Remembrance Sunday services take place throughout the Horsham District on this day.
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CONTACT: Richard Morris, Communications Manager
Email: richard.morris@horsham.gov.uk