This Remembrance Sunday, November 10th, Walsall will host parades and services to honour military service members.
The main event includes a town centre parade, led by the Mayor, starting at Hatherton Road at 10:25 a.m. and ending at the Cenotaph in Bradford Place for a remembrance service.
Residents are encouraged to attend and observe a two-minute silence at 11 a.m. Other borough locations will also host commemorations with music, wreath-laying, and tributes, celebrating the courage and dedication of our armed forces.
These include:
- Aldridge War Memorial – Parade starting at 10.45am from Aldridge Community Centre to the Cenotaph. The Green, Aldridge, WS9 8NH.
- Bloxwich Cenotaph. Parade starting at 10.45am along the High Street with the British Legion, scouts, brownies, cubs and military all in attendance. Followed by service and a minute’s silence at 11am. High Street, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3JT.
- Brownshills Cenotaph. Parade starting around 10.30am from Brownhills Memorial to St James Church. Service and minute’s silence at 11am, followed by the laying of wreaths.
- Darlaston War Memorial. Service at Moxley Cenotaph before the minute’s silence at 11am. Victoria Road, Darlaston, Wednesday, WS10 8AB.
- Moxley Cenotaph. Service and wreath laying starting at 10.30am followed by a minute’s silence at 11am. Moxley Road, Junction with High Street, Moxley.
- Pelsall Cenotaph – The Leader of Walsall Council will be attending this service. The service in Pelsall commences at 10.50am at Pelsall War Memorial. Prior to this, there is a short parade of uniformed organisations from Pelsall Village Centre to the war memorial along Pelsall High Street. This starts at 10.40am. Norton Road/Station Road, Pelsall, Walsall.
- Rushall War Memorial. Service at 11am. Memorial stone outside the form library, Pelsall Lane/Lichfield Road junction.
- Short Heath Cenotaph. Parade starting at 10.30am followed by service and a minute’s silence at 11am. Parade starts from the British Legion Club on Church Road and then proceeds to the Short Heath Cenotaph on High Road. Willenhall, WV12 4JT.
- Streetly War Memorial. Parade starting at 10.45am followed by service and a minute’s silence at 11am at All Saints Church, Foley Road, East, Streetly, Sutton Coldfield, B74 3EX.
- Walsall Wood War Memorial – Parade starting at 1.30pm from Oak Park to St John’s Church on Walsall Wood High Street.
- Willenhall Cenotaph. Service and wreath laying followed by a minute’s silence at 11am at Field Street Cenotaph. Followed by a wreath laying at the smaller cenotaph site at Portobello (junction of Somerford Place/The Keyway).