From Friday 8 to Monday 11 November, remembrance events will take place across the Royal Borough of Greenwich, with the Abbey Wood and Thamesmead, Blackheath and Charlton, and Eltham and Well Hall branches of the Royal British Legion.
A two-minute silence, wreath laying ceremonies, remembrance services and a public parade will take place across the borough in memory of those who lost their lives serving in the causes of peace and freedom.
Remembrance Day marks the anniversary of the Armistice, an agreement to end the fighting of the First World War as a prelude to peace negotiations, which began at 11am on 11 November 1918.
Councillor Jit Ranabhat, Mayor of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, said: “We are a Royal Borough with a rich military heritage and proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant. Remembrance Weekend is an important opportunity to honour our armed forces community, and make sure they continue to feel heard and supported.
“I invite residents to attend our remembrance events across the borough to reflect on the service and sacrifice of our armed forces past and present.”
In 2022, the Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant on Armistice Day, at Woolwich Town Hall. The covenant is a promise by the nation ensuring that those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces, and their families, are treated fairly.
Friday 8 November
2pm, wreath laying at Memorial Hospital, Shooters Hill, SE18 3RZ
2.45pm, wreath laying at Greenwich Cemetery war memorial, Well Hall Road, SE9 6UA
Saturday 9 November
10.45am for 10.55am start, wreath laying, Thamesmead Clocktower, SE28 8GG
10.45am for 11am start, wreath laying, beginning at the war memorial at Maze Hill, SE3, following the route to St. Johns Church, Stratheden Road, SE3 7TH Charlton Village war memorial, SE7 8UD and Cemetery Lane war memorial, SE7 8DZ
12 noon, wreath laying, Plumstead Cemetery war memorial, Wickham Lane, SE2 0NS
12.30pm, wreath laying, Woolwich New Cemetery war memorial, Camdale Road, SE18 2DS
Sunday 10 November
10.40am with two-minute silence at 11am, parade and wreath laying, Eltham war memorial, SE9 1DH, followed by a service in St. John’s Church, Eltham Hill, Eltham, SE9 1DH
10.40am, service, St. Michaels and All Angels Church, Abbey Wood Road, SE2 9DZ, followed by wreath laying, Abbey Wood war memorial at Abbey Wood Gardens, Rosedale Close, SE2 9PE
10.45am, service at Woolwich St George’s Garrison Church, Grand Depot Road, SE18 6BW Please e-mail Tim Barnes at [email protected] if you would like to attend this event.
11am, wreath laying, War Memorial of Flight Lieutenant Richard Reynell at The Point, Point Hill, Blackheath, SE10 8SY
Monday 11 November
11am, two-minute silence with the Mayor, Woolwich Town Hall, Wellington Street, SE18 6PW
Find out more about the services and support available to our armed forces community at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/armed-forces
