This Sunday the country will remember those who have fallen whilst in service by holding two minutes’ silence.
At 11:00 am on Sunday, Manchester city centre will welcome thousands of people to the cenotaphs for a service of remembrance.
Services are being held at John Dalton Street and St Peter’s Square cenotaphs.
A parade will head towards St Peter’s Square before the silence, starting at 10:25am from John Dalton Street.
At 11:00am the silence will be marked by a gunshot and will finish in the same way two minutes later.
When the service has come to an end the parade will carry on to the Central Library, where the national anthem will be played.
For the first time for over half a century, God Save the King will be sung on Remembrance Sunday.
Tram lines will be suspended via St Peter’s Square between 10:15am and 12:30pm, and there will be a number of road closures whilst the services take place.
Therefore it is suggested you plan your journey ahead of time.
For anyone who cannot make it the service will be live-streamed on Manchester City Council’s Facebook page.
Alternatively, if you cannot make it into the city centre there are services being held throughout the region.
Here are some of the many events taking place.
Trafford
Altrincham
Dunham Road (WA14 4AQ)
Service starts at 10:55am.
Bowden
Bowden Parish Church, Stamford Road.
Service starts at 10:00am.
Hale
War Memorial, Broomfield Lane / Ollerbarrow Road.
Parade leaves 2.30pm.
Service starts 3pm.
Sale
Sale War memorial outside the Town Hall, School Road (M33 7ZF)
Parade leaves at 10:30am.
Service starts 10:50am.
Stretford
War Memorial, 838 Chester Road (M32 0QJ)
Service starts 10:55am.
Salford
Albert Bentley Place, The Crescent
The parade will assemble and leave Pendleton Ex-Services Social Club on Langworthy Road, Salford at 9.45am.
Parade will arrive at the cenotaph at 10:35am.
Service starts at 10:45am.
Swinton
The parade will leave Morrisons Car Park, Swinton Hall Road at 10:30am.
Service starts at 10:45am at Chorley Road, Swinton.
Eccles
The parade will leave the car park at the back of Eccles Town Hall, King Street at 10:40am.
Service starts at 10:50am at Church Street.
Irlam
Service starts at 10:45am at Princes Park, Liverpool Road.
Walkden
The parade at 9.:30am will march to St Paul’s Church, Manchester Road, Walkden for a short service.
The parade will reassemble outside the church at 10:30am and parade to the cenotaph at Parr Fold Park, Walkden Road for wreath laying and two minutes silence.
Little Hulton
A church service will be held at 10:30am at St Paul’s Peel, Peel Lane, followed by wreath laying at the Cenotaph.
Tameside
Friday 11 November
Dukinfield
Act of remembrance including two minutes’ silence outside the town hall at 11:00am.
Godley
Service of remembrance and wreath-laying at Godley Hill Road war memorial at 10.50am.
Millbrook
Service at St James’s Church staring 10.50am.
Saturday, 12 November
Audenshaw
Service and wreath-laying at the memorial stone at Rycroft Hall starting 10.30am.
Service and wreath-laying at the memorial garden, Audenshaw Road (opposite Stamford Road junction) at 12:00pm.
Droylsden
Service in the memorial garden, Lumb Lane at 2.30pm.
Sunday, 13 November
Ashton Central
Parade marches from Market Street (side of the market hall) at 9am and marches towards Ashton Parish Church.
After service at 9:45am, parade proceeds to Ashton War Memorial for wreath-laying at 10:45am.
Cockbrook
Service in St Gabriel’s Church, Audley Street, at 10:15am followed by wreath-laying at adjacent war memorial at 11am.
Hurst
Service at St John’s Church starting at 9:30am.
A procession will then head towards Hurst Cemetery for wreath-laying at the war memorial at 11am.
Park Bridge
Service at the war memorial in the grounds of Park Bridge Institute at 10.45am.
Waterloo
Parade assembles at Canon Burrows School, Oldham Road, at 2:15pm and heads to near-by war memorial for service at 2:30pm.
Oldham
War Memorial
(opposite the Old Town Hall)
Ex-Service men and women will assemble at New Radcliffe Street at 10.20am and go onto the memorial at 10:30am.
Starts at 10:50am.
Austerlands
Huddersfield Rd (A62) junction with Heywood Lane, OL4 4RN.
Starts at 10:30am and lasts an hour.
Bardsley
Hilary Avenue, Oldham, OL8 2TX.
Bardsley War Memorial, starting at 10.30am and lasts an hour.
Chadderton
War Memorial in the Chadderton Town Hall Gardens, Middleton Road.
Starting at 10.55am.
Dobcross
Dobcross Band Club.
Starts at 10:00am and finished at noon.
Stockport
Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery
Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK3 8AB
The mayor of Stockport will lead the silence which will start at 11:00am.
Bramhall
At 10:40am the procession from Holland Road to Bramhall War Memorial will start.
At 11am the service at the War Memorial starts.
Bredbury
At 3:00pm the service at the War Memorial, George Lane will start.
Cheadle
At 10:50am service at the War Memorial will take place.
Cheadle Hulme
Parade meets at Beech Road at 9:40am.
Depart to War Memorial at 9:55am.
Service at the War Memorial will commence at 10:00am.
Wigan
Town Hall
Procession will leave the Town Hall in Library Street at 10:30am and will walk along Library Street, Rodney Street, King Street, Wallgate, King Street West and Crawford Street to the War Memorial in All Saints’ Gardens.
The two minutes’ silence will be observed at 11am.
Leigh
The parade will start at Marsh Gymnasium, Ullswater Street, at 10.15am and will head towards the Cenotaph in Church Street for 10:30am where a service will take place.
Bolton
On Friday (November 11) in Victoria Square and will be led by the Vicar of Bolton. The public are invited to gather at 10:50am for the service, which will include two minutes’ silence.
A Remembrance Sunday service will also be held in Victoria Square on Sunday (November 13) at 10:40am.
A service will be led by a vicar which will incur a two minutes’ silence, live gunfire and a wreath-laying ceremony.
Bury
On Sunday the mayor of Bury will be taking part in a march to pay tribute to the fallen.
The procession will start at Bury town hall at 10:30am.
The procession will go along Knowsley Street, Haymarket Street and Market Street to the Cenotaph where a two-minute silence will take place at 11:00am
A service will also be held at Bury Parish Church.
Other events of remembrance are taking place across Bury this weekend which the public can pay their respects including in Tottington, which the mayor of Bury will also attend.
If you can’t find a service near you, go to your local council website for more information.
