Remembrance Sunday services across Wirral - 2nd Nov 2010 6:20pm
Remembrance Sunday services across Wirral
ANNOUNCING Remembrance Sunday services across the borough the Mayor of Wirral, Cllr Alan Jennings, has today paid tribute to servicemen and women past and present across the country.![[Linked Image]](https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/download/Number/36226/filename/poppy%20cut_news_jpg_display.jpg)
He said: "Sadly, due to current intensive operations, the names of many young men and women are being added to war memorials throughout the land.
"As Mayor of Wirral, let me say how proud we are of all those who have answered the call to arms in defence of our country.
"We must never forget those who made the supreme sacrifice in the name of freedom, and we are pledged to remember those living with life-changing injuries sustained in the service of others."
The mayor will join other local leaders to represent the borough at this year’s Civic Remembrance Sunday commemoration at the Cenotaph in Hamilton Square, Birkenhead.
He will join former service men and women, their families and representatives from the armed forces, at the annual ceremony on Sunday, November 14, from 10.55am.
There will then be a service of remembrance where guests will observe a two minute silence at 11am, which will be marked by the firing of a ceremonial cannon.
THE GLOBE
ANNOUNCING Remembrance Sunday services across the borough the Mayor of Wirral, Cllr Alan Jennings, has today paid tribute to servicemen and women past and present across the country.
He said: "Sadly, due to current intensive operations, the names of many young men and women are being added to war memorials throughout the land.
"As Mayor of Wirral, let me say how proud we are of all those who have answered the call to arms in defence of our country.
"We must never forget those who made the supreme sacrifice in the name of freedom, and we are pledged to remember those living with life-changing injuries sustained in the service of others."
The mayor will join other local leaders to represent the borough at this year’s Civic Remembrance Sunday commemoration at the Cenotaph in Hamilton Square, Birkenhead.
He will join former service men and women, their families and representatives from the armed forces, at the annual ceremony on Sunday, November 14, from 10.55am.
There will then be a service of remembrance where guests will observe a two minute silence at 11am, which will be marked by the firing of a ceremonial cannon.
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Remembrance Sunday services across Wirral:
10.55am: The Cenotaph, Hamilton Square, Birkenhead.
10am: Christ Church, Kings Road, Bebington, followed by a service at the Higher Bebington British Legion at noon.
10.15am: St Barnabas Church, Bromborough.
10.30am: St Oswald’s Church, Bidston.
10.45am: Grange Hill, West Kirby.
10.45am: St Peter’s Church, Lower Village, Heswall, followed by wreath laying at the Cenotaph, Heswall.
10.30am for 11am: The Cenotaph, Pasture Road, Moreton.
10.50am for 11am: War memorial, Magazines Promenade, New Brighton.
10am: Short service at St Stephen’s Church followed at the war memorial at junction of Osmaston Road and Prenton Lane, Prenton.
10.45am: War memorial outside the public library, Ford Road, Upton.
10.45am: War memorial, Port Sunlight Village, followed by a service at Christ Church, Port Sunlight Village.
2.45pm: Service at the war memorial, Thornton Hough.
10.55am: The Cenotaph, Hamilton Square, Birkenhead.
10am: Christ Church, Kings Road, Bebington, followed by a service at the Higher Bebington British Legion at noon.
10.15am: St Barnabas Church, Bromborough.
10.30am: St Oswald’s Church, Bidston.
10.45am: Grange Hill, West Kirby.
10.45am: St Peter’s Church, Lower Village, Heswall, followed by wreath laying at the Cenotaph, Heswall.
10.30am for 11am: The Cenotaph, Pasture Road, Moreton.
10.50am for 11am: War memorial, Magazines Promenade, New Brighton.
10am: Short service at St Stephen’s Church followed at the war memorial at junction of Osmaston Road and Prenton Lane, Prenton.
10.45am: War memorial outside the public library, Ford Road, Upton.
10.45am: War memorial, Port Sunlight Village, followed by a service at Christ Church, Port Sunlight Village.
2.45pm: Service at the war memorial, Thornton Hough.
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