Chesterfield to remember the fallen this weekend
Residents are being invited to attend Chesterfield’s annual service of Remembrance.
The service will remember all those who have sacrificed their lives in service for our country. It will be on Sunday 10 November, at 2.30pm at St Mary and All Saints’ Church, the ‘Crooked Spire’.
Councillor Jenny Flood, the Mayor of Chesterfield, said: “This is the most important civic duty that we all have, and I am honoured to be leading the parade this year alongside His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire. I look forward to seeing the many members of our community turning out to pay their respects.”
Everyone is welcome to attend but residents are politely asked to be seated by 2pm as the Church can become very full.
The service will be followed by a parade from St Mary and All Saints’ Church, through Burlington Street, High Street, Glumangate onto Rose Hill.
Residents and visitors are welcome to watch the parade which will be led by HM Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire, Chesterfield’s Mayor and Mayoress and other local dignitaries. They will be joined by members of the Armed Forces, ex-services organisations and uniformed youth organisations from Chesterfield.
Members of the public are also welcome to attend the wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial from approximately 3.30pm with the poppy cascade featuring 16,000 poppies donated by people from across the world as a backdrop.
The poppy cascade will be installed on the front of the Town Hall by members of The Royal Engineers Association, who are the custodians of the poppies. Each year the Royal Engineers Association ensure the poppy fall’s safekeeping, making sure it is dry and safely stored and any repairs are carried out prior to their next outing.
Staveley Town Council will hold their annual Remembrance parade and service in Staveley on Sunday 10 November. The parade will leave Staveley Market Place at 10.30am and head for the Garden of Remembrance, where the service will take place at 10.45am.
Brimington Parish Council will hold their annual Remembrance parade and service in Brimington on Sunday 10 November. The parade will leave the Recreation Ground on Station Road at 1.45pm before a service in St Michaels and All Angels Church at 2pm. The parade will then head to the Memorial Gates in Broom Gardens on Manor Road where there will be wreath laying and the Last Post at 3pm.
