Remembrance Services
In the UK, Remembrance Sunday is the second Sunday of November, the Sunday nearest to 11th November. The 11th of November is Remembrance Day. Remembrance Sunday commemorates the end of the hostilities of the First World War at 11:00am on 11th November in 1918.
Remembrance Service events in Adur
The towns and villages in Adur will remember the tragic loss of life following two World Wars and other conflicts on Remembrance Sunday.
Civic heads and councillors will be present at the events below to lay wreaths and support the Remembrance Sunday commemoration.
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Remembrance Service events in Lancing:
Sunday, 10th November 2024
- 2:15pm - Parade muster on South Street (by Robert Luff estate agents)
- 2:30pm - March to commence
- 2:45pm - Wreath laying at the War Memorial
- 3:00pm - Service in St Michael & All Angels Church
Photos: Lancing War Memorial and close up view of the inscription
The inscription reads:
“To the glory of God and the memory of Lancing men who laid down their lives for their country in the Great War 1914-1918”
(with the Lancing Carriage War Memorial 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 behind)
Remembrance Service events in Shoreham-by-Sea:
Sunday, 10th November 2024
- 9:20am - Assemble at the Shoreham Community Centre, Pond Road
- 9:30am - March off via Western Road and Brunswick Road to St Mary de Haura Church
- 10:00am - Remembrance Service in St Mary de Haura Church
- 11:00am - Wreath Laying Ceremony (including Last Post, two-minute silence and Reveille) at the War Memorial in East Street
Photos: Shoreham War Memorial and close up view of the inscription
The inscription reads:
“In thankfulness to God for victory in the Great War 1914-1918 and in grateful remembrance of the men of Shoreham who gave their lives & of his own son Edward Stuart Russell - this memorial is erected by Frederic Lennard”
and “1939-1945”
Remembrance Service events in Sompting:
Sunday, 10th November 2024
- 9:00am - Service followed by wreath laying, two-minute silence and reading of names at the War Memorial in the lychgate in the grounds of St Mary's Church, Church Lane, Sompting
Photo: Sompting War Memorial in the lychgate of St Mary's Church (Google Streetview)
The inscriptions read:
On roof beam: “1914 to our glorious dead 1918”
On WW1 names panels: “By Thy Cross and Passion”, “Good Lord deliver them”, “By Thy Glorious Resurrection” and “Good Lord deliver them”
On top of the coffin rest: “1939 - 45”
On tablet: “Garden of remembrance / to the men of Sompting who gave their lives for their country”
Photos: Sompting War Memorial in the lychgate of St Mary's Church and close up views of the inscriptions
Remembrance Service events in Southwick:
Sunday, 10th November 2024
- 10:15am - Parade leaves Southwick Square car park (by the Co-op food store)
- 10:45am - Service at the War Memorial on Southwick Green
Photos: Southwick War Memorial and close up view of the inscription
The inscription reads:
“This memorial was erected to the memory of the men of Southwick and Fishersgate who fell in the Great War 1914-1919 - Let those for whom they died see they be not forgotten”
and “1939-1945”
Remembrance Service events in Worthing
Worthing will remember the tragic loss of life following two World Wars and other conflicts at three events:
Opening of the Field of Remembrance
Monday, 4th November 2024, 11:00am
Opening of the Field of Remembrance at the Worthing War Memorial, outside Worthing Town Hall in Chapel Road.
Remembrance Day (also known as Armistice Day)
Monday, 11th November 2024, 11:00am
Armistice Day, two-minute silence at the Worthing War Memorial, outside Worthing Town Hall in Chapel Road.
Remembrance Sunday
10th November 2024, 11:00am
The annual Remembrance Service and march past will take place at the Worthing War Memorial, outside Worthing Town Hall in Chapel Road.
The two-minute silence will start on the first stroke of the town hall clock at 11:00am.
The Worthing Borough Mayor and others will lay wreaths for the fallen and take the salute at the March Past in front of Worthing Town Hall at approximately 11:30am after the Remembrance Service.
The Mayor of Worthing, said:
“I am extremely proud and humbled to represent my town and I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to the many local organisations from Worthing and further afield who continue to support our annual Remembrance Service and Parade.”
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Photos: The War Memorial, and poppy wreaths on the memorial, outside Worthing Town Hall
The inscriptions read:
“Our glorious dead 1914-1918 duty nobly done”
“Also in memory of those who fell in the war 1939-1945”
“This memorial was erected by public subscription raised through the Worthing Gazette. It was unveiled by Field Marshall Sir William Robertson B.A.R.T., G.C.B on 11th April 1921”
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Page last updated: 07 October 2024