Remembrance services will take place across the Harrogate district to honour the fallen.
We’ve collated a list of the services across the district that are being held.
You can email [email protected] if you know of others to add.
Ripon
Thursday, November 9.
Ripon Community Poppy Project will hold a concert of remembrance at Ripon Cathedral.
Ripon City Band, The Dishforth Military Wives Choir and Brackenfield School will all perform.
The event will begin at 7pm and tickets cost £13.50.
Sunday, November 12.
A service will be held in Ripon Spa Gardens from 10.45am. It will include two minutes’ silence and the laying of wreaths, followed by the usual parade.
A civic service of remembrance will then be held in Ripon Cathedral from 11.40am – 1pm.
The Right Reverend Anna Eltringham, Bishop of Ripon, will lead the service.
Harrogate
St Peter’s Church — Friday, November 10
The Festival of Remembrance will be held at St Peter’s Church, on Cambridge Road, as part of the Cenotaph Centenary.
The Harrogate Band and The Fishers Singers will perform at the event, which will be led by Harry Satloka of Harrogate’s Free Walking Tours.
There will also be presentations and poetry, as well as a remembrance service.
Tickets cost £10 and all proceeds will go to the Royal British Legion.
It begins at 8pm.
St Wilfrid’s Church — Saturday, November 11
A two-minute silence will held be at 11am at St Wilfrid’s Church on Duchy Road.
This will be followed by a talk on the men named on the church’s WWI memorials, as well as an exhibition in their honour which is on display.
Email [email protected] to reserve a place.
Town centre – Sunday, November 12
The annual Harrogate Remembrance Day parade and service will be held at the cenotaph war memorial.
People can arrive from 10am. The service will begin at around 10.50am, followed by the two-minute silence at 11am.
After that, the Reveille and wreath laying will commence.
The Kohima Epitaph will be read before the march-past begins.
St Peter’s Church — Sunday, November 12
A Remembrance service with a choir will be held at St Peter’s Church, on Cambridge Road, just after the cenotaph service.
It will begin at approximately 11.15am.
Starbeck – Sunday, November 12
A two-minute silence will be observed at 11am at the war memorial on Starbeck High Street. Wreaths will be laid.
Later, at 3pm, the Starbeck Remembrance Ceremony will take place at the cenotaph on Starbeck High Street.
It will be led by the Harrogate branch of the Royal British Legion, with a parade by local uniformed organisations.
Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Andrew Jones will attend the service, and readings will be led by the church and pupils of Starbeck Primary Academy.
Stonefall Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery – Sunday, November 12
A service starting at 1pm will include prayers, music from the Harrogate Band, a short talk by Reverend David Hoskins and a two-minute silence. Also, wreaths will be laid by community leaders and representatives of British and allied forces, and students from Ashville College and Harrogate’s Army Foundation College will lay flowers on each grave.
West Park Church — Sunday, November 12
A service will be held at the church, including an act of remembrance, from 10.30am.
It will be led by Reverend David Hughes.
Another service will be held at 3.30pm to mark the end of the More Than a Name on a Memorial exhibition.
Knaresborough
Sunday, November 12
The commemorations will begin with a service at St John’s Church from 9.30am.
A parade from the church to the war memorial in the castle grounds will follow.
There will be a two-minute silence at 11am, followed by a service of remembrance at the memorial.
Nidderdale and Pateley Bridge
Saturday, November 11.
The annual Armistice Day service and parade takes place at the war memorial from 10am. Those attending will include a representative of the lord-lieutenant’s office, a platoon of troops from the Army Foundation College in Harrogate, local dignitaries and community organisations and schools etc.
It is organised by the Nidderdale branch of the Royal British Legion and The Church in The Dale.
Sunday, November 12
10am Joint Service of Remembrance at Holy Trinity, Dacre Banks with a collection for the Royal British Legion.
11am Act of Remembrance at Summerbridge War Memorial, followed by refreshments at Summerbridge Methodist Church.
2pm Remembrance Concert and Service at Darley Memorial Hall
6pm The Royal British Legion Service of Remembrance at St Mary the Virgin, Greenhow Hill. Led by the Reverend Darryl Hall, there will be a two-minute silence, a sermon by Jane Spooner and music from Nidd Chorale.
Boroughbridge
Sunday, November 12.
A remembrance service and parade will be held at St James’s Church in Boroughbridge.
It will begin at 10am.
Masham
Friday, November 10.
A remembrance service will be held for locals and pupils of Masham School at St Mary’s Church from 10.45am.
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