Events are happening across the Harrogate district this week to mark Remembrance Day and the centenary of the Royal British Legion.
The pandemic reduced last year’s commemorations to small scale events but this year organisers are encouraging people to attend services and parades to remember those who have given their lives.
Below is a list of events. If you know of others that we have missed let us know so we can add them to this guide. Email us at [email protected].
Sunday November 14
Harrogate
Harrogate War Memorial:
A service at the war memorial will begin at 10.30am before a two-minute silence is observed. Local dignitaries, members of the armed forces and community groups will attend and lay wreaths.
Harrogate Borough Council has asked those attending to social distance and wear face masks if possible.
Stonefall Cemetery:
Harrogate Brigantes Rotary has arranged a service for 1pm. Wreaths will be laid by the Harrogate Mayor and Mayoress, Andrew Jones MP, the Army Foundation College and representatives from the Commonwealth.
St Mark’s Church, Leeds Road
Remembrance services on at 9am and 10.30am.
Killinghall:
A Remembrance Sunday service will take place at St Thomas’s Church, Killinghall at 10am. Members of the public are invited to join staff and junior soldiers from the Army Foundation College.
At approximately 10.40am the congregation we will walk to the war memorial on Ripon Road for a short Act of Remembrance service followed by refreshments at the village hall.
Starbeck:
A service will be held later in the afternoon on Sunday. A parade will start at Starbeck Methodist Church at 2.40pm to arrive at the war memorial for a service at 3pm.
Knaresborough
The Knaresborough branch of the Royal British Legion has organised a parade on Remembrance Sunday.
A church service at St John’s Church will begin at 9.30am on Sunday. Then a parade of the Knaresborough Royal British Legion standard will march up the High Street towards the castle grounds for a short service at the war memorial at 11am.
Ripon
Ripon’s Remembrance Sunday service is held at the city’s war memorial, followed by a service at the cathedral.
Those wishing to attend are asked to assemble at Spa Gardens from 10.30am. Around 300 troops are expected to attend alongside local dignitaries and the city’s branch of the Royal British Legion.
Following the service, there will be a march past and salute in front of Ripon Town Hall, with the procession leading to the cathedral, where a further service will be held.
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Masham
In Masham, a small service will be held on the market square. People are being asked to congregate from 10.30am.
Boroughbridge
The Boroughbridge branch of the Royal British Legion has organised a service of remembrance and wreath laying at the town’s war memorial on the Butermarket led by Rev Karen Gardiner.
People are invited to start arriving from 10.30am. There will be no parade this year.
