Remembrance Sunday service and parade with veterans, a two-minute silence and wreath-laying at the Cenotaph in Guildhall Square.
Remembrance - Honouring our fallen heroes takes place at Guildhall Square on Sunday 8 November, from 10.30am to 12pm. It's the Portsmouth City Council Remembrance Sunday service and parade, the city's main act of remembrance for the year.
The morning centres on the parade, which brings together veterans from across the city. They march through the streets of Portsmouth to the Cenotaph, where the service follows. The core of it is the two-minute silence, when the city stops to remember those who've died in conflict, and the wreath-laying that comes after, as representatives from different organisations leave their tributes at the Cenotaph.
It's a public event, so you can either join in with the parade or just stand and watch as it passes through. If you're not marching, the service itself is the part most people gather for, with the silence and the wreaths being the moments that really define the morning. It's a steady, traditional sequence that's been the same for years, and it's the one day in the calendar when the city comes together for this.
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It runs from 10.30am to 12pm at Guildhall Square, so if you're planning to be there, you'll want to arrive a bit early to find a spot. The parade and the service are the two main parts of the morning, and they both happen in the same area, so you can see the whole thing without moving far.
