Kettering residents invited to mark Remembrance Sunday at annual parade and wreath laying ceremony
Residents have been invited to mark Remembrance Sunday at the town’s annual parade and wreath laying ceremony.
Kettering Town Council and the Kettering Branch of the Royal British Legion will be holding the annual Service of Remembrance on Remembrance Sunday, November 8.
There will be a parade and Service of Remembrance, starting at 2pm in Gold Street, after which dignitaries and troops will parade along High Street to the Market Place for the Service of Remembrance.
Mayor of Kettering, Cllr Lauren Glanfield, will represent the people of Kettering at the event, as well as representatives from different faith groups, emergency services, Scouts, Guides, cadets, veterans and other local organisations.
To enable the event to be staged safely, Sheep Street will be closed from 1pm to 4pm on Sunday, November 8.
Road closure signs around the area will direct traffic to alternative routes and the road will be opened as soon as possible after the crowds have cleared.
On Wednesday, November 11, Remembrance Day, there will be an Act of Remembrance at 10.45am at the War Memorial, in Sheep Street.
The annual event marks the end of the conflict of the First World War and gives people the opportunity to reflect on the sacrifice of those who have served in subsequent wars and conflicts.
Reverend Helen Wakefield-Carr, Chaplain of Royal British Legion, Kettering will receive the Union Flag and Kettering Branch Royal British Legion Standard before leading the Drumhead ceremony.
Citations will be read out for some of those whose names are recorded on the War Memorial so that people gathered can together remember with gratitude their courage, their sense of duty and their sacrifice.
Featured will be George Richard Barritt, Edgar Partridge Hewitt, John Henry Owen, Charles Barnett York and Frank Farr.
The wreath laying will be led by by Deputy Lord Lieutenant, Simon Harker, Roger Butler, High Sherrif of Northamptonshire, Cllr Lauren Glanfield, mayor of Kettering, Vice Admiral Sir Andy Kyte and Rosie Wrighting MP.
After the ceremony, wreaths will be collected and moved to the War Memorial by cadets.