Find your nearest Remembrance Sunday service to honour those who died while serving their country
Remembrance Sunday events will take place across the region
The people of Portsmouth will come together this Sunday (November 8) to honour and remember military personnel who have died while serving their country, at various services and parades in and around the city.
Over 37,000 people living in Portsmouth were members of the armed forces community, either currently serving in the military or immediate family’s members of personnel, equating to about 18% of the population. Hundreds of people, both in the forces and members of the public, attend events to honour those who have died in service.
Here is a list of events across the city that will remember the fallen on November 8.
Portsmouth
In the city, a parade of veterans, military personnel and youth groups will gather in Guildhall Square at 10.30am, before a two-minute silence at 11am and wreath laying at the World War One cenotaph.
On Armistice Day, November 11, there will also be a service at the cenotaph on Guildhall Square, starting at 10:45am, that will feature a two minute silence as well as a selection of readings and poems.
Hundreds attended the tribute last year and traffic is expected to be busy ahead of the memorial events. Motorists are advised to use the Park and Ride at junction 1 of the M275, and local residents are also encouraged to use public transport, walk, or cycle to the events.
Gosport
A service of remembrance at the Gosport War Memorial Hospital will take place on November 8. An armed guard from HMS Sultan will form on the road opposite the hospital where they will be joined by representatives from the Royal British Legion, veterans' groups, Scouts, and Sea Cadets alongside other local organisations.
The parade will step off at 10.30am, with music provided by Gosport Solent Brass, and the ceremony, conducted by the Mayor’s Chaplain Rev Paul Chamberlain, will start at 10.55am.
The Mayor of Gosport, Cllr Kirsten Bradley, will lay a wreath on behalf of the borough. She will be joined by the King’s representative from the Lord-Lieutenant’s office, Admiral Sir Philip Jones GCB DL.
Fareham
Fareham’s annual Remembrance Day Parade will take place on Sunday November 8 at Holy Trinity Church.
The names of members of the Forces who have died in conflict from the Fareham area will be read out during a ‘Forever Remembered’ ceremony at the church at 9.45am. The parade will then set off from the Duke of Connaught’s Own Club in Western Road at 10.40am under the direction of the Parade Marshall of HMS Collingwood.
At the war memorial a two minutes’ silence will be observed at 11.00am, followed by the Ceremony of Laying Wreaths and a special service at Holy Trinity Church.
Havant
A remembrance service will take place at St Faith’s War Memorial, attended by Deputy Lieutenant Mr David Frere-Cook along with the Mayor of Havant, Alan Mak MP and the Leader of Havant Borough Council, Councillor Gillian Harris.
The parade will leave the Royal British Legion Ex-servicemen’s club on Brockhampton Lane at 10:35am, with music from bagpiper Denton Smith and drums courtesy of Hampshire Caledonian Pipe Band. The parade will assemble at the War Memorial outside St Faith’s Church, where a two minute silence will be observed before the service at 11:15am.
Hayling Island
On Hayling Island, a parade will leave Hollow Lane at 10:40am and march to the Cenotaph in St Mary’s Road for the laying of wreaths. There will also be a remembrance service held at St Mary’s Church. Deputy Mayor of Havant Borough Council, Cllr Mark Coates, will be in attendance.
Emsworth
A later service will take place in Emsworth, with a memorial parade leaving Queen Street at 2:15pm. The remembrance service will be held at St James Hall at 2:45pm. Deputy Mayor of Havant Borough Council, Cllr Mark Coates, will be in attendance.