FARNHAM’S formal Remembrance Sunday parade, which is organised by the Royal British Legion, takes place on Sunday, November 13.

The Mayor of Farnham, John Ward, and local dignitaries will assemble at the refurbished War Memorial in Gostrey Meadow for a service at 10.45am. All members of the community are invited to attend.

There will be a two-minute silence at 11am and Steve Burgess, a bugler from Alder Valley Brass Band, will play The Last Post and Reveille. An Irish military piper is also expected to play a lament. The mayor, guests and members of the public will be invited to lay wreaths.

The service will be followed by a parade, which will include representatives of the Farnham-based Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, members of the armed forces, uniformed services and local Scout and Guide groups. The parade will end at St Andrew’s church for a service at 11.30am.

Mr Ward said: “It’s important that we come together as a community at this time of year to remember those who have lost their lives serving in our armed forces and to think about those still serving today.

“I hope as many people as possible will join us at the services at Gostrey Meadow and St Andrew’s Church and to watch the parade.”

Other Remembrance services taking place around Farnham include at the war memorials at Badshot Lea, Hale, Rowledge, St Thomas- on-the Bourne, St Peter’s at Wrecclesham and Weybourne.

On November 11 itself, schoolchildren and members of the community will be joined by Surrey’s Lord Lieutenant Michael More-Molyneux at an Armistice Day service at Gostrey Meadow’s war memorial.

Mr Ward added: “The Lord Lieutenant is appointed by HM The Queen to be her personal representative in Surrey so we are very privileged to have Michael More-Molyneux with us in Farnham on November 11.

“I would like to invite local residents and visitors to the town to join the service, which starts at 10.45am and is open to all.”

Following a two-minute silence, children will place crosses on the memorial.

• Other services taking place on Remembrance Sunday:

BADSHOT Lea: 10am - Service at St George’s Church in Badshot Lea followed by 10.50am at the War Memorial.

Elstead: 10.30am - At St James Church in Thursley Road.

Hale: 9:30am – Service at St John’s followed by 10:45am at the War Memorial. Or 10.45am at the War Memorial followed by an 11.15am service at St Mark’s Church.

Weybourne: 4pm – Service at the War Memorial followed by refreshments in the village hall.