ANYONE unable to attend Newton Abbot’s Remembrance Sunday Parade on November 10 will be able to stream the event live on Facebook with organisers saying the ceremony should be able to proceed despite long-term roadworks in Queen Street.
Participants will begin to gather in Courtenay Street at 10am with the parade, led by the Devonport Royal Naval Volunteer Band, moving off at 10.35am.
The route through Queen Street will be passing by the ongoing civil engineering project but Newton Abbot Town Council is in talks with the district and county councils to ensure safe and sufficient access is maintained.
On arrival at the War Memorial, the Salvation Army Band will play an introduction followed by the first hymn, Lord For the Years, led by singer Tracey Pearce.
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Prayers will follow, and scripture reading by Martin Wrigley MP, a Bible reading and the Exhortation ‘They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old’.
The Last Post will be played at 10.58am with two minutes of silence starting at 11am, ended by the Reveille.
The service will conducted by Royal British Legion Chaplain, Reverend Bruce Porter, and Royal Air Force Cadets Chaplain Gareth Regan.
It will be followed by wreath laying from Newton Abbot Mayor Cllr Alex Hall, the Chairman of Teignbridge District Council, Martin Wrigley MP, representatives of the Royal British Legion and members of the public.
Prayers for the Armed Forces will precede an address by Cllr Hall, further hymns and the reading of a poem by Corinna Richards from the 8th Newton Abbot Guides.
After the Lord’s Prayer, National Anthem and Blessing, the Parade will reform and march back to the Royal British Legion Headquarters.
The Mayor, accompanied by the Senior Naval Officer and the Presidents of the Royal British Legion, will take the salute at the War Memorial.
The parade will fall-out in Marsh Road at the Royal British Legion.
Cubs, Brownies and Rainbows will form a Guard of Honour for the Mayor.
To stream the event live, visit Newton Abbot Town Council’s Facebook page.
A short service will also be held at the War Memorial on Monday November 11 at 10.45am.