Remembrance Sunday: Details of city centre service and parade

Picture by Chris Sansbury

By Simon Bristow

Part of Hull city centre will fall silent on Sunday as veterans, civic leaders, and residents gather around the city’s Cenotaph to remember the millions who lost their lives in the First World War, and subsequent conflicts, on the 104th anniversary of the 1918 armistice.

At 10.30am on Remembrance Sunday, a parade will leave Pease Street and travel to the memorial off Ferensway before the annual Service of Remembrance takes place at 10.55am. A procession of civic heads and dignitaries will make their way to the Cenotaph from the Guildhall. A two-minute silence will be held at 11am.

The service will be conducted by the Reverend Dominic Black, Vicar of Hull Minster, and the Bishop of Hull, the Right Reverend Dr Eleanor Sanderson. The Lord Mayor’s Chaplain, Reverend Canon Paul Greenwell, will also make an address.

Following the service, the Lord Mayor and Admiral of the Humber, Councillor Christine Randall, will take the salute at the march past. This will involve members from a number of veterans’ associations alongside serving members of the Armed Forces, St John Ambulance, and emergency services. The parade will be led by Humberside Police Concert Band.

The mayor said: “This poignant service attracts thousands of people each year who want to pay their respects to the millions that have given their lives during conflict. It’s an incredibly moving day and one I’m privileged to be part of.”

Alongside the service, from Friday 11 to Monday, November 14, visitors to the city centre will have the opportunity for a moment of reflection and remembrance in Queen Victoria Square with a poppy-themed light show being projected onto buildings.