Salisbury remembers those who made the ultimate sacrifice
We'll be remembering the fallen at 11am with a two-minute silence
Salisbury will mark Remembrance Sunday today (12th November) with its annual Remembrance Sunday Service at the War Memorial in the Guildhall Square.
The ceremony, which starts at 11.00am with a two minute silence, will be led by Salisbury’s branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL), with the support of Salisbury City Council (SCC) and St Thomas’s Church.
Prayers will follow the silence, before the parade marches along New Canal, where Deputy Lieutenant Sebastian Warrack accompanied by the Under-Sheriff of Wiltshire Christopher Bromfield and Right Worshipful Mayor Cllr Atiqul Hoque, will take the salute.
The parade then continues along Queen Street, New Canal and the High Street into the Maltings and St Thomas’s Church for the Sunday Service at 11:40am.
All are welcome to attend this service.
It follows yesterday’s short ceremony marking Armistice Day, where the newly installed World War II plaques on the war memorial were dedicated in the Guildhall Square.
There will be road closures for much of this morning to allow the parade to go ahead.
Blue Boar Row and other roads along the parade route will be closed between 10:15am and 11:45am, as well as from 12:15pm to approximately 1:30pm, to allow crowd safety.
Traffic diversions will be in place and a full list of road closures and the parade route can be found here.
We are advised to avoid driving into the city via Fisherton Street, with the ongoing works and one-way system in place there, and to also use alternatives to Central Car Park in the morning as further delays are expected due to the other road closures in the city.
Meanwhile, Amesbury’s Antrobus House has created a field of poppies for Remembrance Sunday. Hundreds of knitted and crotched poppies have been placed on the front of the house.