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Time to remember
On Armistice Day (11 November), and on Remembrance Sunday (13 November) the
country will stop to commemorate the sacrifice of our armed forces, past and present.
A
two-minute silence will,
as ever, take place for
Armistice Day. And official
Remembrance Sunday
services and events will take place at
war memorials across the country –
and across our borough.
They will again take on particular
poignancy this year, with the 100year anniversary of the First World
War (1914-18) continuing to be
commemorated. The council sowed
poppies at a number of parks and
open spaces across the borough in
2014 and they bloomed again this
year. The flower became indelibly
associated with the First World War
when they sprung up in the bloody
killing fields of Europe, and have
since become emblematic of the
remembrance of sacrifice.
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY SERVICES
Mayor of Ealing, Councillor Dr Patricia
Walker, is due to attend a service at
Ealing War Memorial on Ealing Green,
in front of Pitzhanger Manor, with a
two-minute silence at 11am. Deputy
leader of the council Ranjit Dheer is
also due to attend.
The local branch of the Royal
British Legion marches each year to
Greenford War Memorial from its
headquarters in Oldfield Lane South
for a public service at 11am. It is due
to be attended this year by council
leader Julian Bell and deputy mayor of
Ealing, Councillor Simon Woodroofe.
A parade also traditionally begins
in Manor Park and passes through
Southall on the way to Southall War
Memorial on The Green for a service at
11am, this year due to be attended by
previous mayor of Ealing, Councillor
Harbhajan Kaur Dheer. The parade will
then continue through the town.
For more information nearer the
time, visit www.ealing.gov.uk
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