Henfield PARISH COUNCIL
REMEMBRANCE COMMEMORATIONS 2025
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Poppy Cross event Friday 7th November 2025 - 11.00 am at St Peter’s Church and the Cemetery
Year 6 pupils from St Peter’s School will attend a brief service at St Peter’s Church. They will read out a short eulogy for each of those buried in the cemetery and afterwards place a Poppy Cross on each of the graves of the fallen soldiers. The final poppy cross will be laid at the Memorial Wall, along with the reading out of the names of the fallen who are buried elsewhere and prayers will be said to end the proceedings.
Remembrance Day Parade and Service Sunday 9th November 2025
Muster is by the Cagefoot Lane War Memorial at 9.10am with the Parade moving off at 9.20am headed by the Brighton and Hove City Brass Band.
The Service will be held at St Peter’s Church starting at 9.45am. At 10.30am after the Church Service the Parade will reform and march back to Cagefoot Lane War Memorial for a short Service which will include the wreath laying by a number of local organisations, the remainder of the Service and two-minute silence at 11.00am.
Orders of Service will be provided at the Church and at the War Memorial.
Armistice Day Tuesday 11th November 2025
Gather at the War Memorial from about 10.50am. Two marshals will halt the traffic immediately before 11.00am and the Last Post will sound.
Letters will have been given, in the morning, to each shop fronting the High Street explaining what is happening and inviting them to join in by holding silence for two minutes. A notice for the shopkeeper to display is on the reverse.
A Wreath will be laid on behalf of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.
After the two minutes silence a whistle will blow and the Reveille will sound to signify the event has finished and traffic will move again.
