City to pause and remember the Fallen

The main parade and service will be held in Lisburn and will move off from the Royal British Legion in Sackville Street at 10.30am on Sunday morning.

The parade, led by Lisburn Young Defenders Flute Band, will make its way through the city to the War Memorial, where wreaths will be laid by the Mayor of Lisburn, Councillor Brian Heading, as well as by representatives from the Armed Forces, Royal British Legion and local youth organisations.

The parade will then make its way back through the city centre, pausing to lay a wreath at the recently erected UDR memorial in Market Square, before arriving at Railway Street Presbyterian for the church service,

Following the service the parade will make its way to the Royal British Legion for lunch.

Smaller parades and services will be held in other parts of the city, including Hilden and Seymour Hill, where the parade and wreath laying ceremony will begin at 8.45am.

In Stoneyford, Pride of the Village Flute Band will be leading the parade, which begins at 10.50am. The parade will stop at the war memorial for a wreath laying ceremony, which will be followed by a service at St John’s Parish Church.

A parade and service will be held in Moira, beginning at St John’s Parish Centre at 10.15am and ending with a church service in St John’s Church.

Hillsborough will also host a parade and service on Sunday. The Hillsborough parade will move off at 10.30am from the Presbyterian Church and will make its way to the war memorial in the centre of the village before proceeding to the Parish Church for a service. A return parade will begin at 1pm.

The city of Lisburn will also be represented at the annual Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance in the Royal Albert Hall, with the city’s Deputy Mayor, Alderman William Leathem travelling over for the event.