In addition to acts of remembrance on Remembrance Sunday this year, the Horsham Branch of the Royal British Legion, in conjunction with Horsham District Council held a short wreath laying ceremony at the War Memorial in the Carfax in Horsham this morning (11 November) for those wishing to remember at the ‘eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month’.
Horsham District Council Chairman Cllr Kate Rowbottom led the wreath laying on behalf of the people of Horsham District with wreaths also being laid by Zäl Rustom Chairman of the Horsham Branch of the Royal British Legion and the Horsham Army Cadet Forces.
The Rev’d Canon Lisa Barnet addressed the audience and said prayers.
The programme was as follows:
10.45am - Arrival at the War Memorial, Carfax, Horsham
10.59am - The Bugler sounded the Last Post
11am - Two minutes silence
11.02am - The Bugler sounded the Reveille
11.03am Wreath laying
Dedication and blessing.
Image gallery
Crowds at the Armistice Day service 2022
RBL standard bearers ahead of the Armistice Day service