Traditional Remembrance Day parade with a march-past of veterans, serving personnel, emergency services and community groups, followed by the two-minute silence.
Sunderland's Remembrance Parade returns to The War Memorial on Burdon Road this Sunday 8 November, and it's traditionally one of the largest of its kind outside London. The parade sets off at 10.35am, with the two-minute silence following at 11am.
Leading the way are British Army personnel from the 4th Regiment Royal Artillery and the 3rd Battalion The Rifles, both of which hold the Freedom of the City. Captain Joe Giles of 3 Rifles reads the First World War poem For the Fallen, and two field guns from the 4th Regiment Royal Artillery are fired from Mowbray Park to mark the 11am silence. After that comes the annual laying of wreaths and a march-past of veterans, serving personnel, emergency services and community groups. The Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear, Lucy Winskell OBE, and the Mayor of Sunderland take the salute from the steps of the Museum and Winter Gardens.
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There's a bit of history to the spot, too. The War Memorial itself dates from 1922 and was funded in part by public subscriptions. Beside it stands the Memorial Wall, built with money raised by the charity Brothers in Arms and dedicated in 2011, which honours those who have died in active service since the end of the Second World War. If you're planning to be there, the parade sets off at 10.35am, with the silence at 11am.
