By Fionn Burrow – f.burrows@iliffepublishing.co.uk from the Newark Advertiser
This weekend towns and villages across the district will come together for the annual Remembrance commemorations.
On Sunday, November 12, moments of silence will be held, services will take place at war memorials and in churches and communities will gather to watch parades of veterans and serving members of the armed forces.
On Remembrance Day, Saturday, November 11, veterans and members of ex-service associations will observe a moment of silence at 11am at the steps to Newark Town Hall.
On Sunday, the town’s annual Remembrance Day service and parade will be held.
The parade will set off from the London Road car park at 10.45am, before marching along Baldertongate to arrive at the War Memorial by Newark Parish Church on Appletongate.
The Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry will parade alongside members of the Newark Branch of the Royal British Legion and representatives from the ex-service associations, the Sea, Army, Air and St Johns Ambulance Cadets as well as the 7th Newark Scout Group.
Mayor of Newark, Pamela Ball, will lead a civic procession to the War Memorial, where a wreath laying ceremony will take place at 10.55am.
The deputy mayor Diana Ledger will lay wreathes at the First World War Cross and the Memorial to the Fallen in Newark Cemetery.
Reverend Chris Lion will read prayers before a two minutes silence will be observed at 11am — a church service will then be held in Newark Parish Church at 11.15am.
Following the service the parade will perform a march past in the Market Place when the salute will be taken by Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford GCB CBE DL, as the Lord Lieutenant’s representative, the Mayor of Newark Pamela Ball and and the President of the Newark Branch of the Royal British Legion.
The Parade then returns to the London Road car park via the Market Place, Bridge Street and Baldertongate, with the Newark Town Band providing musical accompaniment throughout the day.
Road closures will be in place from 7am to protect the route, and will see Cartergate, Baldertongate (from the London Road car park entrance), Barnbygate (from the Methodist Church) and Appletongate (from Mount Street) and the Market Place closed until the parade has finished at approximately 1pm. London Road car park will also be closed to allow the parade to form.
