Stone’s 2021 Remembrance Sunday Service Details

The annual Remembrance Parade and Service makes a welcome return to Stone High Street on Sunday 14th November with a slight format change.

The public event was cancelled in 2020, replaced by a more low-key service that ALBOS live-streamed to our Facebook page. This year we are pleased to report that the Parade is back along with a Service of Remembrance at the War Memorial in Granville Square. 

The itinerary for the day is as follows: 

• 10:10 am – Parade Personnel will assemble at the bottom of Stone High Street. 
• 10:30 am – The Parade will proceed along High Street to the War Memorial.
• 10:40 am – Presentation of Wreaths following the formal Order of Presentation. Persons laying wreaths (including any not on the Order of Presentation) should kindly report to Mr I Prescott, the Parade Marshal, during the parade assembly in the High Street, to be briefed on the wreath-laying ceremony.
• 11:00 am – Two Minutes Silence and Service of Remembrance.

Those laying wreaths will be asked to walk together in the Parade or assemble prior to the Parade reaching the top of Stone High Street and standing near the War Memorial to streamline the laying of the wreaths. 

Following the two minutes silence, the Service of Remembrance at the War Memorial will be a little longer than in previous years, as there will be no service at the Parish Church of St. Michael and St. Wulfad this year. This is due to the numbers that would be likely to attend and the need for maintaining safe distances indoors. 

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After the Service at the War Memorial, the Parade will reform and proceed to the Market Square, where the Colour and Standard Bearers will line up outside the library, and the Town Mayor will address those assembled. The Parade will then dismiss. 

Earlier, the customary Service of Remembrance will be held at the Walton War Memorial, Whitemill Lane, Walton, commencing at 9:50 am, and individuals and organisations are cordially invited to participate. Persons attending should kindly assemble at the War Memorial by 9:40 am 

If anyone wishes to lay a wreath at the war memorial in Granville Square but would prefer not to attend the event on Remembrance Sunday, facilities will be available for wreaths to be laid from the previous Monday, 8th November.