Islington's Mayor, Anna Berent, will lead community and religious leaders from across Islington at this year’s Remembrance Day interfaith service and parade on Sunday 8 November.
The parade will set off from Highbury Corner at 10am and travel down Upper Street, stopping at the Town Hall to be joined by the Mayor and other officials.
The parade will then travel to Islington Green for an interfaith service starting at 10.40am.
Also attending will be Council Leader, Terry Stacy. He said:
"Islington is marking Remembrance in a number of ways across the borough this year at a time when the sacrifices made by our service personnel overseas are resonating strongly with the British public.
"I am extremely proud to join Sunday's parade and welcome all residents to the special service and wreath-laying at Islington Green war memorial."
The first event of Remembrance week is a wreath-laying ceremony at the civilian and military war memorials in East Finchley Cemetery on 5 November. Members of the public are welcome to join the Mayor and Deputy Mayor at the ceremony, which starts at 11am.
Further Remembrance Sunday events will take place at the war memorial on Spa Green, EC1 at 11.40am and at 2pm at the WWI memorial arch at Manor Gardens, N7 (the site of the former Royal Northern Hospital).
The Mayor will also lead a two minute silence outside the Town Hall on 11 November at 11am featuring the 'last post' and standard bearers from the Islington Veteran’s Association. Police will stop traffic on Upper Street.
More information about Remembrance Sunday and national commemorative activities is available from the Royal British Legion website: www.britishlegion.org.uk
Among those attending Islington's events will be the Honourable Artillery Company (granted Freedom of the Borough last month) Borough Lieutenant Colonel Brian Kay, Islington Veterans Association, Father Jim Kennedy, Brownies, Scouts and Sea Cadets.
In addition to those who died in the armed forces, it is estimated that more than 1,000 Islington civilians were killed during the Blitz bombing campaign between September 1940 and May 1941 which left 43,000 civilians dead across the city.
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Page Last Updated: 03 November 2009