SACRIFICE: A British and French Second World War cemetery in Ouroux-en-Morvan, France, containing members of the Maquis Bernard, RAF and SAS
By Simon Bristow, Co-Editor
The Lord Mayor of Hull, Councillor Maria Coward, will be among those laying a wreath at the city’s Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday.
Hull City Council is supporting The Royal British Legion in co-ordinating a service which will begin at 10.55am.
The annual event invites people to come together to remember the millions of people who lost their lives in the First World War and subsequent conflicts.
Two minutes of silence will be observed at 11am.
The service will be preceded by a military parade, which will depart Queen Victoria Square at 10.25am. It will move down Carr Lane before turning north onto Ferensway and onto the Cenotaph.
The Lord Mayor said: “I am very humbled to have the honour of joining those who have fought for our country during Sunday’s service.
“Hull is a city that knows better than many others the devastation that war can bring, and we must never forget those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.”
To facilitate the event, a number of road closures will be in place in Hull city centre on Sunday from 6am.
You can see a full list here: Remembrance Sunday: Full list of road closures – Hull CC News.
It is anticipated that all road closures will be lifted by 1pm.
A smaller Armistice Day service will follow at the Cenotaph on Wednesday, November 11, organised by the Royal British Legion Hull branch, where two minutes of silence will be observed at 11am.