A number of services are taking place across the county to mark Remembrance Day. Each year, the nation pays its respects to soldiers who served in conflict on November 11, a tradition that has been observed since the end of the First World War. In Sussex, parades and ceremonies are being held to honour those veterans.
Brighton On Thursday, November 7, a service remembering the Battle of Boar’s Head will be held at the Brighton War Memorial in Old Steine at 10.45am. On Remembrance Sunday, November 10, a number of events are taking place including: A service at the The Royal Sussex Regiment Memorial in Regency Square at 9am.
A parade and service at the Brighton War Memorial in Old Steine at 10.50am. A service and wreath laying at Easthill Park in Portslade at 10.
45am. Wreath laying at Hove Cemetery in Old Shoreham Road at 11am. A parade and service at the Rottingdean war memorial on the village green at 11.
30am. A parade and service at the war memorial in Grand Avenue, Hove, at 2.30pm.
The parade will proceed to All Saints Church in The Drive for the civic memorial service. On Monday, November 11, two-minute silences and services will be held at the Old Steine war memorial in Brighton, the Grand Avenue war memorial in Hove and the Rottingdean war memorial on the village green at 11am. Councillor Amanda Grimshaw, Brighton and Hove City Council’s armed forces champion, said: “Remembrance Day is an opportunity for everyone to stop for a moment to remember and honour the sacr.