A mayor is welcoming Salopians to attend a Remembrance parade after plans were revealed ahead of the coming weekend.
Shrewsbury mayor, Councillor Becky Wall, said: “We welcome members of the public to come along and pay their respects to all those who gave their lives in two World Wars and the conflicts which have since followed. It is important to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice of yesterday which allows us to enjoy our freedom of today.
Councillor Wall will join Royal British Legion representatives at St Mary’s Church at 10.45am on Saturday, ahead of the two minutes silence on the stroke of the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month.On Remembrance Sunday, the mayor will lead a civic procession with units of HM Forces and service organisations from Shrewsbury Castle.
A memorial service will take place in the Quarry at the war memorial at 10.45am. Buglers will sound the Last Post, which will be followed by two minutes’ silence and the Reveille, after which wreaths will be laid.
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