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Memorial service and parade in Southall

Tue 07 Nov 2017
Members of the public are invited to join councillors who will be observing a two-minute silence outside Ealing Town Hall at 11am on Armistice Day, Saturday 11 November 2017.

Remembrance Sunday events will also take place across the borough on Sunday, 12 November 2017.

Mayor of Ealing, Councillor Dr Patricia Walker, is due to attend a service at Ealing War Memorial on Ealing Green, in front of Pitzhanger Manor when a two-minute silence will take place at 11am. Deputy leader of the council Ranjit Dheer is also due to attend.

There will be a service at Ealing War Memorial on Ealing Green, in front of Pitzhanger Manor when a two-minute silence will take place at 11am. The Mayor of Ealing, Councillor Simon Woodroofe is attending and will be joined by the deputy leader of the council, Councillor Ranjit Dheer.der, Julian Bell and deputy mayor Councillor Simon Woodroofe are due to attend.

The local branch of the Royal British Legion also will be marching to Greenford War Memorial on Greenford Broadway from its headquarters in Oldfield Lane South for a public service at 11am. This will be attended by Council Leader, Julian Bell and deputy Mayor, Councillor Tejinder Dhami.

A short service will take place at the war memorial on the Green in Southall, followed by a two minute silence at 11am. The congregation will then parade through King Street into St Johns Church in Church Road for a service. This will be attended by the immediate past Mayor, Councillor Dr Patricia Walker, and the council’s chief executive, Paul Najsarek.

Councillor Julian Bell said: "When you look at the many, many names carved into the borough’s war memorials it brings home to you what a sacrifice they made on behalf of their country. Remembrance Day is a chance to honour and respect that sacrifice."

The Mayor and Acton Councillors will attend the Acton Hospital Remembrance service at Acton Care Centre at 3pm on Sunday, 5 November which is traditionally held a week before Remembrance Sunday. Injured servicemen were cared for at Acton Hospital in Gunnersbury Lane, following the First World War and it later became a living war memorial.


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