IN preparation for this year’s events to mark the forthcoming Remembrance commemorations and the annual Poppy Appeal, members of the Ross-on-Wye and District Branch of the Royal British Legion have been out and about putting plans into action.

This year’s Poppy Appeal was launched at Morrisons on Thursday, October 22, followed by the opening of the Garden of Remembrance in Broad Street on Saturday 24 October.

A number of special Remembrance events will be held in around Ross during Remembrance Week.

On Thursday, November 5 at 11.40 am, pupils from Ashfield Park and St Joseph’s Primary School will be joined by the town’s mayor, town councillors and staff along with members of the local branch of the Royal British Legion in St Mary’s Churchyard will commemorate those who fell during the Korean War and Falklands Conflict as well as to mark the passing of 22 Chelsea Pensioners who died in Ross during their evacuation from London.

On Saturday, November 7 at 10.30am, a Remembrance Service will be held in St Michael’s Church, Brampton Abbots and followed by a short Service of Thanksgiving at the Remembrance Shrine at 11am at First Avenue in Greytree.

On Sunday, November 8, serving military personnel, veterans, army and air cadets as well as uniformed youth groups will parade from the Police Station on Old Maids Walk at 10am and march to the War Memorial on The Prospect.

Everyone is cordially invited to meet at the Prospect from 10.30am, where the parade will be joined by civic dignitaries and representatives of a host of town organisations and clubs, for the Town’s formal commemoration of those that have lost their lives in conflict.

This will be followed immediately by a short Remembrance Sunday Service to be held in St Mary’s Church, after which refreshments will be served.

On Wednesday, November 11, a short act of commemoration, including a two-minute silence, will be held at the Market House at 11am on Armistice Day.