Remembrance Sunday on the Yorkshire Coast

Various services and acts of remembrance will be taking place today

Author: Karen LiuPublished 13th Nov 2022

There is a number of remembrance acts taking place today on the Yorkshire Coast.

It is a chance for people to remember the fallen and to think about those who are currently on the frontline.

Scarborough

Oliver's Mount

The service of Remembrance and kaying of the poppy wreaths will start at 10.35am.

The Deputy Lord Lieutenant Tom Pindar and Scarborough Borough Mayor Cll Eric Broadbent will be in attendance. Rev Richard Walker will conduct the ceremony.

Scarborough RNLI

At 9.30am there will be a Remembrance Service at Queen Street Methodist Church followed by a procession and parade to the Lifeboat Station at 10.30am and final service commencing 10.40am, before laying of wreaths on the sea shortly after 11.05am.

The Revd’s. Graham Morgan and Pam Jennings will lead the service at Queen Street and Rev Graham Morgan will conclude the service at the Lifeboathouse.

Route of the parade will be Queen Street, left into Eastborough, right onto Foreshore Road at its junction with Eastborough, then immediate left into the Lifeboathouse and end of parade and start of final acts of Remembrance.

The timing of the parade will be 10.20am to 10.40am.

President of Scarborough RNLI is John Senior. He is a veteran himself and said: "Right now we have conflict in Europe, so it's even more important and poignant that we take time to remember those who are currently out there helping to defending the line; all the way up in to Norway and down through Poland and right the way through Europe as we speak. It's also important to remember those who have laid their lives down so that we can enjoy the freedoms we do today.

"Scarborough has always been a strong and firm supporter of our Armed Forces. We had national Armed Forces Day in June so Scarborough has a reputation for standing forward and supporting our Armed Forces and we do that with great pride. We're arranging two commemorations this year.

"One will be happening up at Oliver's Mount, where the Cenotaph is, which is the official Scarborough Remembrance Sunday. We then have another event going down at the lifeboat station which is an important church service and that'll be attended by the maritime aspect of the town and also by the lifeboat crew with a sprinkling of soldiers and veterans etc.

"We also launch the lifeboat after the service and I found out the other day that it's been 75 years since we started this to lay wreaths at sea. We actually take wreaths and lay them on the sea, so we can formally say thank you to those who gave their lives through the sea. They are biodegradable, so don't get panicked."

Filey

The Remembrance Day Service takes place in St. Oswald’s Church at 9.30am followed by a parade from the church to Memorial Gardens for a short ceremony and wreath laying.

Bridlington

At 9.30am, people will form up on Station Approach, parade to the War Memorial Gardens with the laying of wreaths. There will be a two-minute silence at 11am and then it is a march past the VIPs on Prospect Street down to King Street where the parade falls out.

Martin Barmby is a Royal Navy veteran in Bridlington and is also Chairman of Bridlington District Submariners Association.

He said: "I think everybody in the UK has a connection to Remembrance. It's not just about those that died on active duty, or even in training exercises, just preparing for war is as dangerous as real war. It's just about remembering everybody that you've served with. I mean when you go away, certainly for me on a submarine for three or four months, the crew on board became my family.

"I was on an aircraft carrier to start with and they were just floating cities. I was on HMS Illustrious for about four months and then I joined these diesel-electric submarines which were practically based on WW2 submarines. We used to shower once a week. I then went to Vanguard-class submarines which were a lot cleaner with fresh water and the food was fantastic.

"One incident in my career that normally raises its head about this time is when somebody went against my judgement, he'd given me the job to do, and electrocuted himself infront of me. I get to meet my veteran friends, talk about that, nobody judges me and then I can hear their stories.

"We leave no-one behind whether they died on the battlefield, on exercise or those that have come back. There's always somebody here to help. You just have to take the first step and say you're not coping and need help. This doesn't just go for veterans but anybody in life. If we can't serve our community after leaving then we've sort of missed the point of being in the Armed Forces in the first place."

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