Remembrance Day events in Derbyshire 2022

The service, at 2.30pm at St Mary and All Saints’ Church, will remember all those who have sacrificed their lives in service for our country.

Councillor Tony Rogers, the Mayor of Chesterfield, said: “Our Remembrance Service is open for all to attend and pay their respects, every year we are heartened to see many of our residents support this event and remember together.”

Everyone is welcome to attend and residents are asked to be seated by 2pm.

The service will be followed by a parade from St Mary and All Saints’ Church, through Burlington Street, High Street, Glumangate onto Rose Hill.

Residents and visitors are welcome to watch the parade which will be led by Chesterfield’s Mayor and Mayoress and other local dignitaries. They will be joined by members of the Armed Forces, ex-services organisations and uniformed organisations from Chesterfield.

Members of the public are also welcome to attend the wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial from approximately 3.30pm with the Poppy cascade featuring 16,000 Poppies donated by people from across the world as a backdrop.

The Poppy cascade has been installed on the front of the Town Hall by members of The Royal Engineers Association.

On Friday, November 11 children from schools across Chesterfield will join the Mayor and Mayoress in holding a minute silence at 11am outside the Town Hall and laying a wreath of remembrance.

Staveley Town Council will hold their annual Remembrance parade and service in Staveley on Sunday, November 13. The parade will leave Staveley Market Place at 10.45am and head for the Garden of Remembrance, where the service will take place come rain or shine at 11am.

Matlock Town Council organises the Remembrance services in Matlock, in conjunction with the Royal British Legion.

Services take place on Remembrance Sunday at 11am at Pic Tor War Memorial, 11.30am at Starkholmes War Memorial and the main service for the town will be at 3pm at Park Head, Hall Leys Park. The service is proceeded by a parade through Matlock, beginning at 2.45pm.

On November 11 a short service is held at 11am at Park Head and members of the public are welcome to attend.

In Bakewell participants are asked to assemble in Market Square outside the Peacock Hotel / Co-op car park behind the Information Centre at 10.30am on Sunday.

At 10.35am Market Street closes and a 10.45am the parade forms, moving off to The Square’s war memorial.

After the two minutes silence the Parade Marshal hands the parade to the Master of Ceremony for the laying of the wreaths and at around 11.15am the parade will move on to Bakewell Parochial Church for the Remembrance service.

In Ripley the Remembrance Parade will start in the Co-op car park on Derby Road at 10.35am and make its way to All Saints' Church on Church Street for a service in the churchyard, led by Rev John Wigram. This service will incorporate the two-minute silence and wreath laying at the memorial.

In Alfreton the parade leaves Alfreton House at 10.45 on Sunday for a service at the cenotaph at 11am, followed by a church service and refreshments at St Martin’s.

Parts of High Street, King Street and Chesterfield Hill will be closed to allow for the parade and memorial at the cenotaph, between 10am and 1pm.

In Belper on Armistice Day, Friday, November 11, the Town Council will hold a two minute silence and prayers at the War Memorial in the Memorial Gardens on King Street at 11am.

The Remembrance Sunday Parade will begin at 10:45am in the Memorial Gardens.

In Ilkeston a parade will begin at South Street car park on Sunday, with anyone who wishes to join asked to assemble no later than 10.15am in order to march to the Cenotaph in the Market Place at 10.35am.

Residents are also invited to the morning service at St Mary’s Church at 10am before proceeding to the Cenotaph to join the service.

In Long Eaton a parade will begin at West Gate, with anyone who wishes to join asked to assemble no later than 10.15am. At 10.30am, the parade, led by the Long Eaton Silver Prize Band, will march to the War Memorial outside St Laurence’s Church. Those who attend the 9.30am Mass at St Laurence’s Church, including Deputy Mayor, Councillor Chris Corbett, will join the parade at 10.45am when the service will begin.

In Brimington the parade will meet at 1.30pm at Station Road Recreation Ground.

At 1.45pm the parade will commence from the Recreation Ground, Station Road to St Michael and All Angels Church, Church Street for the service at 2pm.

The parade will assemble on the road outside the St Michaels and All Angels Church, Church Street and parade to Memorial Gates, Broom Gardens, Manor Road at 2.50pm.

The Last Post, hymn and wreath laying will take place at the Memorial Gates, Broom Gardens, Manor Road at 3pm. Refreshments will be in the Church Hall, Hall Road at 3.30pm.

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