HUNDREDS of people turned out for the annual Redditch Remembrance Sunday parade and service in another record-breaking year for attendances.
By 10.30am Alcester Street was jammed with people as the parade made its way up to the war memorial by St Stephen’s at 10.40.
Participants were met at the war memorial outside St Stephen’s Church by the Revd Canon Paul Lawlor who conducted the service.
The service was lead by Revd Canon Paul Lawlor . Picture by Roy Edwards.
The final act of remembrance was the laying of wreaths at the foot of the monument, and this year there was more than ever.
The wreaths on the memorial. Picture by Roy Edwards.
The first person to lay a wreath was the King’s representative, Deputy Lieutenant of Worcestershire, who was followed by representatives of Redditch Royal British Legion Gerry Marsden, emergency services, former servicemen and women, Mayor of Redditch, Councillor Joanna Kane and various leaders of local organisations.
Also present at the service were members of the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, Cadets, Scouts, Girl Guides, Cubs and Beavers, and veterans.
Speaking on behalf of Redditch RBL, Mr Marsden said: “It is important to honour our fallen and to be part of something that remembers those who have given so much.
“This includes not those who have given their lives but those who have come back suffering from terrible injuries and the mental scars of war that you cannot see.”
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