Salisbury veteran joining Help for Heroes Cenotaph march-past
Julie-Anne Fulford joins 40 others from the Downton-based charity in London
An army veteran from Salisbury is joining 40 other veterans, carers and staff from an armed forces charity in a march-past the Cenotaph in London today.
Julie-Anne Fulford is part of a Help for Heroes delegation who will be attending the annual parade in the capital - which will feature thousands of people from the veteran community - as they pay tribute to comrades and family members who served.
Julie-Anne told Greatest Hits Radio it's a 'huge honour' to be taking part with the Downton-based charity.
She said: "This is my first time taking part in the Remembrance Sunday march-past at the Cenotaph. It’s so important to remember those people who have lost their lives during service and those who are still struggling with illness and injury. I cared for a number of the veterans I’ll be marching with, when they returned from Afghanistan."
Julie-Anne is a Very Seriously Injured Complex Case Manager at Help for Heroes, providing individualised care for veterans living with catastrophic injuries including traumatic brain injury, multiple limb loss, sight loss, paralysis and serious mental health conditions.
She said: "It will be emotional, I think because we all think about times when we were out in Afghan and places like that.
"For me, there are certain names that will forever be etched on my brain. It's a time for me to remember them."
Salisbury remembrance service
Remembrance Day services will be taking place across the country, including in Salisbury, where the annual Remembrance Sunday Service will be held at the War Memorial in the Guildhall Square.
The parade will march from Avon Approach to the Guildhall Square at around 10:30am, gathering at the memorial for 10:50am ahead of a small ceremony, led by the Salisbury Branch of the Royal British Legion.
All are welcome to attend this and observe a two-minute silence at 11am.
The parade will then march along New Canal, where Lord Lieutenant, Sarah Troughton, accompanied by the High Sheriff of Wiltshire, Dr Olivia Chapple, and Mayor of Salisbury, Cllr Sven Hocking, will take the salute. The parade will continue to St. Thomas’s Church for the Sunday Service at 11.40am.
To ensure crowd and parade participants’ safety, Blue Boar Row and other roads along the parade route will be closed to traffic from 10.30am to 11.45am and again from 12.15pm to 1.30pm approximately. Traffic diversions will be in place.
Bus routes may also be affected and we're urged to check the Salisbury Reds timetables. Salisbury Reds buses will be pulling over, if safe to do so, at 11am to observe the two minute silence.