10 Nottinghamshire Remembrance Day and Armistice Day services to pay your respects in 2023

Plans are being finalised for Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday services across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

Armistice Day marks when the guns fell silent during the First World War - at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918.

A two-minute silence is held on Remembrance Sunday at 11am to commemorate and honour those who gave their lives and the contribution of serving Armed Forces personnel during the two World Wars and more recent conflicts.

A variety of services and parades are taking place across Nottinghamshire to mark Armistice and Remembrance Day, with a selection featured below.

Armistice Day - Saturday, November 11

Nottingham City

To mark Armistice Day a short service will take place on the steps of the Council House in Old Market Square.

It will begin at 10.55am with a two-minute silence at 11am. A reading and prayer by the Lord Mayor’s Chaplain, Reverend Jo Tatum will take place and the Last Post will be played on the bugle by a Nottingham High School student.

Retford

A short service will take place at the war memorial in Retford Market Square starting at 10.50am including the laying of wreaths and a two-minute silence.

West Bridgford

A two-minute silence will be observed to mark Armistice Day on Central Avenue. The service will begin shortly before 11am with a bugler playing the Last Post followed by a two-minute silence.

Cllr Debbie Mason, the Mayor of Rushcliffe, said: “This year as with every year it is so important that we pay our respects for Armistice Day and remember all who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in serving their country, not just those lost in World War One and Two but sadly in more recent conflicts.”

Remembrance Sunday - Sunday, November 12

East Leake

A remembrance parade will take place at St Mary’s Church at 10.45am, with an open-air service starting at 11am.

Main Street will be closed to traffic from 10.40am to 11.40am between Manor Farm Meadow and Station Road.

Hucknall

A parade organised by the Hucknall Tourism and Regeneration Group, Remembrance Event Sub Group and the Hucknall branch of the Royal British Legion will form at the Market Square at 10am.

A service will follow including the laying of wreaths and a two-minute silence at the Cenotaph in Titchfield Park.

Kirkby

A remembrance parade organised by the Kirkby Comrades will depart St Thomas’ Avenue at 10.50am.

The service at St Thomas’ Church will begin at 9.45am and include the laying of wreaths and a two-minute silence at the Kirkby war memorial.

Mansfield

A commemoration service will take place at the Civic Centre War Memorial at 10am with a wreath-laying ceremony.

The parade will begin at around 10.15am from the Civic Centre to St Peter and St Paul’s Church via Rosemary Street, Westfield Lane, West Gate and Market Place and Church Street.

A service, for parade participants, will start at about 10.40am and include a two-minute silence at 11am. Mansfield Community Choir will peform from 10.45am in Market Place, followed by a two-minute silence at 11am.

Following the service, the parade will head to Market Place via Church Street and salute in front of the Old Town Hall at midday.

Mansfield Community Choir will perform again between 11.05am and 11.20am.

The following roads will be closed between 9.30am and 12.30pm on Sunday, November 12: Rosemary Street, Westfield Lane, Wood Street, West Gate, St John Street, Market Place, White Hart Street and Church Street.

Retford

A service will take place in Retford Market Square at 10.40am, organised by the Retford & District Branch of The Royal British Legion and supported by Bassetlaw District Council.

It will include a welcome and introduction by Padre Felicity Ferriter, a two-minute silence, the playing of the Last Post and the playing of the Reveille.

Wreaths will be laid and afterwards the national anthem will be sung, followed by a blessing.

The service will conclude with a march comprising of serving personnel, veterans, Army Cadet Forces, Combined Cadet Forces, Air Training Corps, Scouts & Guides and students from schools around Retford.

Ruddington

The Royal British Legion will hold a parade and service of remembrance at the war memorial on Chruch Street.

It will begin at 10.45am and include prayers, hymns, the laying of wreaths and the Last Post will be played at 11am, followed by a two-minute silence.

A service will then follow inside St Peter’s Church.

Sutton

A parade organised by the Sutton Town Centre Group will depart Forest Street at 10am, followed by a service, wreath-laying and a two-minute silence at the Sutton Cenotaph at 10.50am.

Victoria Embankment, Nottingham

A remembrance service will take place at the city’s war memorial at 10.45am and include a two-minute silence and wreath laying.

The Nottinghamshire Band of The Royal Engineers and the Nottingham Hospitals’ Choir will provide music for the service.

A traditional parade comprising Armed Forces personnel, cadets and veterans will march down to the memorial from the west side closure and after the service depart towards the east side closure saluting the Lord Lieutenant.

Worksop

Bassetlaw District Council will host a parade in Old Mark Square in front of the Town hall at around 10.10am.

At about 10.35am the parade will depart to the war memorial via Potter Street and Watson Road.

A short wreath laying service and act of remembrance will take place at the war memorial at around 10.50am where the Worksop Salvation Army Band will play the Last Post before a two-minute silence at 11.00am, followed by a rendition of Reveille.

The following roads will be closed between 10.30am and 12.30pm on Sunday, November 12: Newcastle Street, Newcastle Avenue, Westgate, Potter Street, Waston Road, Priorswell Road and Memorial Avenue.