Maidenhead & Windsor

The Royal Windsor and Maidenhead Borough will once again join the country's tribute to those who gave their lives in two world wars and the many subsequent conflicts with acts of remembrance in both Maidenhead and Windsor on Remembrance Day (Sunday November 11).

At 10.45am in Windsor the Mayor, Cllr Leo Walters, will lead the Act of Remembrance at the war memorial in the High Street, where there will be a wreath-laying ceremony. Rev Mary Barnes will officiate at both the war memorial and at the service to follow in the parish church, both of which will be attended by local ex-service men and women and members of uniformed youth organisations.

Drivers should avoid Park Street, High Street, River Street, Goswell Road, Osborne Road, Alma Road, Claremont Road and Sheet Street between 10.30am and 12 noon.

In Maidenhead the Deputy Mayor, Cllr Dorothy Kemp, will lead the civic party for the Act of Remembrance and wreath-laying at the war memorial, St Ives Road. Starting at 10.50am, the event will also be attended by representatives of ex-service and uniformed youth organisations.

The service of remembrance will be held afterwards in the Borough Church of St Mary, conducted by Rev Will Stileman, and afterwards there will be a march past with the salute taken by Cllr Kemp outside the Town Hall.

Drivers are advised to avoid the High Street, St Ives Road and Bridge Avenue area from 10am to 11.10am and from about 12.30pm to 1pm.

The events in both towns are traditionally well attended by people from throughout the community, including MPs, local magistrates, former mayors and councillors and the general public.

Orders of service will be available at the two war memorials so that everyone who attends will have the opportunity to play a full part in the proceedings.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead