Remembrance Sunday is an opportunity for everyone to recognise the service and sacrifice of those who defended our freedoms.
Each year, services are held on the day (the second Sunday of November) to allow people to pay their respects to those fallen, those who have served and those who are still serving in our armed forces, and to take part in the two-minute silence at 11am in their honour. This year is no different, and council's across Merseyside and the Liverpool City Region have now made public their schedules of service on the day.
Here are all the Remembrance Sunday services taking place this year in the Liverpool City Region, as sorted by council.
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Sefton
This Sunday will see the Mayor of Sefton and other local leaders joining veterans and other armed forces personnel in paying their respects. People living in the borough are invited to attend any of 11 services being held.
These are:
- Aintree, at Sefton Parish Church, Sefton Village L29. 10.30am.
- Ainsdale, at Village Green War Memorial. 10.30am.
- Bootle, King's Garden's War Memorial, Stanley Road. 10.25am.
- Crosby, Alexandra Park War Memorial Garden, Coronation Road. 10.45am.
- Formby, Holy Trinity Church, Rosemary Lane. 2.50pm.
- Hightown, St Stephen's Road War Memorial. 10.35am.
- Ince Blundell, Lady Green War Memorial. 12.05pm.
- Litherland, Sefton Road War Memorial. 10.30pm.
- Maghull, St Andrew's Church, Damfield Lane. 9.50am.
- Southport, Lord Street War Memorial. 10.25am.
- Waterloo, Five Lamps War Memorial, Great George's Road. 10.30am.
Cllr Clare Carragher, Mayor of Sefton, is due to attend the Southport Service, which begins at 10.30am.
Liverpool
Liverpool Council said their main focus is the Remembrance Service on Sunday, November 13 that will be returning to St George's Plateau for the first time in three years.
Thousands are expected to attend the service, which starts at 10.40am. At 11am, the firing of the gun will signify the start of the two-minute silence.
After the silence, there will be the tradition laying of wreaths and service by key civic, military and religious leaders. The parade will then march from St George's Plateau to salute the Cenotaph.
Liverpool Town Hall will also be open from 9am to 4pm displaying letter and birthday cards written by Liverpool mothers to their sons who served in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Knowsley
There are two services being held by Knowsley council on Remembrance Sunday. These are:
- Prescot, Prescot Primary School / Prescot Parish Church and Cenotaph. 9.40am.
- Kirkby, Kirkby Cenotaph. 10.30am.
A parade will take place at the service in Prescot, leaving the primary school at 10.25am and arriving at the Prescot Parish Church at 10.50am for the outdoor service and laying of wreaths. There will also be an indoor service at the church at 11.15am, with a return parade leaving at around Noon.
There is also service on 10.45am on Friday, at the Huyton Cenotaph, involving the laying of wreaths by the Royal British Legion, to mark Armistice Day.
Halton
Halton Council will be holding services in Widnes and Runcorn on Remembrance Sunday.
The Widnes service will be held at the Victoria Park war memorial. A civic procession will assemble at 10.05am near the bandstand in the park, by Esposito's Cafe and will move off at 10.3am to arrive at the war memorial for 10.45am.
The Runcorn service will be held at the Greenway Road Cenotaph. The civic procession will assemble at St Michael's Church on Greenway Road at 2.30pm, before moving off at 2.45pm to arrive at the Cenotaph at 3pm.
Wirral
Cllr Jeff Green, Mayor of Wirral, will lead the civil service at the Cenotaph at Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, joined by other local leaders and representatives from the armed forces and local veterans groups. Mayor Green will then join the afternoon parade at Thornton Hough.
The full list of Remembrance Sunday services in Wirral is as follows:
- Bebington, Christ Church on Kings Road at 10am. Followed by a service at the Higher Bebington Royal British Legion at Noon.
- St Stephen's Church, Prenton at 10am. Followed by wreath laying at the war memorial outside the library at 10.45am.
- Bidston, St Oswald's Church at 10.15am. Followed by wreath laying at the war memorial.
- Bromborough, St Barnabas Church. Followed by Act of Remembrance and wreath laying at the war memorial at 10.55am.
- Wallasey, War memorial, Magazines Promenade, New Brighton. A parade will leave from outside the Egrement Ferry Pub at 10.15am to the memorial.
- Heswall, St Peter's Church, Lower Village at 10.30am. Followed by wreath laying at the Cenotaph at 10.45am.
- West Kirby, Grange Hill at 10.30am.
- Moreton, the Cenotaph on the corner of Maryland Lane and Pasture Road at 10.35am.
- Port Sunlight, war memorial at 10.45am. Followed by service at Christ Church.
- Prenton, war memorial at junction of Osmaston Road and Prenton Lane at 10.45am.
- Birkenhead, at the Cenotaph at Hamilton Square at 10.55am.
- Thornton Hough, war memorial at 2pm.
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