Bath & North East Somerset Council announce Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday events

A series of events will take place across Bath & North East Somerset to commemorate Remembrance Day on 11 November and Remembrance Sunday on 12 November. 

Councillor Sarah Moore, Chair of Bath & North East Somerset Council, said: “On Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday it’s important that we join together to pay our respects to those who have served in the armed forces. It’s a time for us all to reflect and remember those who have put their lives at risk and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. I hope many people in our communities will join an event near them to mark the occasion."

Ceremonies and Services in Bath 

Thursday 2 November – Monday 20 November

• Abbey Churchyard, Bath – Field of Remembrance will be brought into the churchyard to remember fallen servicemen and women.

Sunday 5 November

• Abbey Churchyard, Bath – 2:00pm: Dedication of the Field of Remembrance attended by the Royal British Legion and the Mayor of Bath, Councillor Dine Romero.

Saturday 11 November (Remembrance Day)

• Abbey Churchyard, Bath – 11:00am: Act of Remembrance with two-minute silence.
• Bathford – 8:30pm: Poppy Dance at the Village Club. Entry by donation to Poppy Appeal.
• Haycombe Cemetery, Bath – 10:45am: Remembrance Day Service including two-minute silence at 11am. Held on the grassed area between the Cross of Sacrifice and the Blitz graves within Haycombe Cemetery. Followed by refreshments.
• Holy Trinity Church, Combe Down – 10:00am: Remembrance Service. 11.00am: Bath Branch Grenadier Guards Association Wreath Laying Ceremony at the War Memorial, Firs Field, Combe Down. Deputy Mayor, Councillor Dr Bharat Pankhania, will lay a wreath.
• Royal Victoria Park War Memorial – 11:00am: Remembrance Service by the Rector of St Michael’s Church.
• Twerton War Memorial, High Street – 11:00am: Wreath Laying Ceremony.

Sunday 12 November (Remembrance Sunday)

• Bathford – 9.00am: Parade from Village Club, High Street to St. Swithun’s Church. Service at 10:00am.
• Royal Victoria Park War Memorial – 10:45am: Royal British Legion Wreath Laying Ceremony. 1:00pm: parade from Milsom Street to Abbey Churchyard before a service at Bath Abbey at 2.00pm.
• St Bartholomew’s Church – 11:00am: Wreath Laying Ceremony.
• Weston & Newbridge War Memorial – 11:00am – Wreath Laying Ceremony.

Ceremonies and Services in North East Somerset

Friday 10 November

• Bridges Electrical Engineers Ltd, Second Avenue, Westfield Trading Estate, Midsomer Norton – 10:45am: Annual Remembrance service.

Saturday 11 November (Remembrance Day)

• Paulton Cemetery – 11:00am: Dressing the Grave service.
• Peasedown St John, St John’s Churchyard – 11:00am: Dressing of the war graves.
• Westfield, Elm Tree Avenue memorial stone – 10:50am: Informal act of remembrance led by Revd. Ian Rousell. Coffee available before and after in the church hall.

Sunday 12 November (Remembrance Sunday)

• Keynsham, Ashton Way - 9:00am: Parade forms to march at 9:15am to St. John’s Church for a service until 10:30am when parade continues to park memorial gates.11:15am: parade marches back to Ashton Way via Bath Hill. Refreshments afterwards at Royal British Legion. Attended by Council Chair, Cllr Sarah Moore.
• Midsomer Norton High Street – 10:40am: Parade from West Clewes Recreation Ground North Road/Radstock Road through the High Street, then on to St John’s Church at approximately 11:30am.
• Paulton War Memorial – 2:30pm: parade followed by a service at the memorial at 2.45pm.
• Peasedown St John, St John’s Church – 10:45am: Remembrance Service after a parade through the village beforehand. 3:00pm: Secular Remembrance event at Beacon Hall.
• Pensford War Memorial – 10:30am: Remembrance Sunday Parade Service with a 2-minute silence at 11:00am.
• Radstock War Memorial – 2:00pm: Remembrance wreath laying.
• Saltford - 9.30am: Saltford Scouts and Guides parade from Broadway to St. Mary's Church, High Street. Service for members of parade only due to space limitations.10:45am: Parade from St Mary's Church to Saltford War Memorial for wreath laying and the Last Post at 11am. 11:10: Parade from Saltford War Memorial to Broadway. Details here.
• Stanton Drew, War Memorial – 11:00am: Remembrance service after the church service. Tea and coffee afterwards in Stanton Drew Village Hall.
• Timsbury – 11:00am: Royal British Legion event at war memorial followed by a service in the church.
• Westfield, Elm Tree Avenue memorial stone – 10:55am: Formal act of remembrance led by Revd. David Winstanley.
• Whitchurch & Pensford Royal British Legion, Staunton Lane – 10:45am: wreath laying and service at the Memorial Garden.