Gloucester to mark Remembrance Sunday
By Sarah Wood | 11th November 2022
The city of Gloucester will be honouring the fallen on Sunday, November 13.
The Civic Party will attend services at the cemeteries on Tredworth Road, as well as at the Cenotaph at Gloucester Park and Gloucester Cathedral.
The morning services will begin at 10.10am with the mayor, sheriff, High Sheriff of Gloucestershire and the chairman of the Royal British Legion attending services at the cemeteries on Tredworth Road to lay wreaths at the Cross of Sacrifice and at the War Graves plot.
The Civic Party will then proceed to the Cenotaph at Gloucester Park for the traditional service at 10.50am, followed by wreath laying by representatives of the armed forces and other organisations.
A parade through the city will begin at midday in Queen's Walk, next to Boots, and will parade along Eastgate Street, where the Civic Party will take the salute, before moving onto Westgate Street and finishing in the cathedral grounds.
In the afternoon, the Service of Remembrance will take place at 3pm at Gloucester Cathedral. Anyone wishing to attend should be seated by 2.45pm.
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