Remembrance Sunday
This year's Remembrance Sunday service will be on Sunday 10 November and Monday 11 November at the Carfax Horsham. These events are organised in partnership with the Royal British Legion and are an opportunity to remember, commemorate and recognise the sacrifice of serving and civilian individuals who have ensured that the freedoms and way of life we treasure has been preserved.
Remembrance Sunday 10 November
Horsham District Council Chairman Cllr Nigel Emery will lead the wreath laying on behalf of the people of the Horsham District. Wreaths will also be laid by John Milne MP, Chairman of the Horsham Branch of the Royal British Legion Zäl Rustom, a representative from West Sussex County Council and by the Royal Observer Corps.
From 10.30 to 10.50, there will be a parade from North Street (at the Hurst Road Roundabout), past the junctions with Albion Way, Park Way into East Street and into the Carfax. A ceremony will be held at the War Memorial led by Revd Canon Lisa Barnett, Team Rector of Horsham Parish and a 2-minute silence will be held at 11am.
Access and movement of vehicles in Swan Yard, the Carfax and the Causeway will not be possible during this time.
Sequence of events
The tradition of gathering to pay respect and remember all who have served to safeguard our world and our liberty will be marked as follows:
10.45 Standards, VIPs and Councillors form up in front of War Memorial.
10.54 Sound the Alert. Parade Marshal calls participants to attention.
10.55 Prayers (Rev’d Canon Lisa Barnett)
10.59 Last Post will be played. Standards to the Dip.
11.00 Two-minute silence observed.
11.02 Reveille played. Standards up.
11.03 Dedication (HDC Chairman)
11.04 Wreath laying
11.06 Wreath laying by other organisations
11.15 National Anthem
11.17 Reflection and blessing (Bishop of Horsham Ruth Bushyager)
11.20 Dismiss and parade to St Mary’s Parish Church for Service of Remembrance
11.20 Public access to War Memorial
11.30 Acceptance of Standards.
Following this the parade and attendees will progress down the Causeway to St. Mary’s where a service will be held.
Armstice day Monday 11 November
“On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 the guns fell silent. After four years of bitter fighting, the Great War was finally over. The Armistice was signed at 5am in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiegne, France on November 11, 1918…six hours later at 11am, the war ended.”
We will join members of the Royal British Legion and invite members of the public to pay tribute to and remember all those who have lost their lives in conflict, we intend to observe a 2-minute silence in recognition of Armistice Day at 11am on Monday 11th November 2024.
