Portsmouth's annual service of remembrance will take place in the Guildhall Square on Sunday 10 November 2013.
Serving military personnel and members of ex-service groups will parade on to the square at 10:30am, where representatives of the Scouts and St John Ambulance will be present.
The Royal Marines Band will lead the parade of serving military personnel, including representatives from Portsmouth Sea cadets, Air Training Corps, Territorial Army and the Army Cadet Force.
The ex-service military associations, including the Royal British Legion, Normandy Veterans Association, Women's Royal Army Corps Association and Parachute Regiment. These will be led by the Salvation Army Band at 10.50am.
The service of remembrance will be led by Dean of Portsmouth, The Very Reverend David Brindley of St Thomas of Canterbury Anglican Cathedral and The Reverend Canon Dominic Golding of St. John’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, and will begin at 10:58am.
The service of remembrance will be led by Dean of Portsmouth, The Very Reverend David Brindley of St Thomas of Canterbury Anglican Cathedral and The Reverend Canon Dominic Golding of St. John’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, and will begin at 10:58am.
A gun from HMS Nelson will fire at 11am to start the official two-minute silence and again at the end.
Hampshire Police Choir will lead the singing accompanied by the Salvation Army band. The Royal Marines Band will also play during the wreath laying.
The Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, Cllr Lynne Stagg will lead the Civic Delegation, which will include the Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, local MPs Mike Hancock and Penny Mordaunt and Council Leader Cllr Gerald Vernon Jackson.
Senior Officers from the Armed Forces, and representatives from the free churches will also be in attendance.
Wreaths will be laid at the Cenotaph and WWII memorial to honour all those who have died in all wars and conflicts.
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