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We remember
On Armistice Day
(11 November), and on
Remembrance Sunday
(8 November) the country
will stop to commemorate
the sacrifice of our armed
forces, past and present.

A

two-minute silence will,
as ever, take place for
Armistice Day. And official
Remembrance Sunday
services and events will take place at
war memorials across the country.
They will again take on particular
poignancy this year, with the 100year anniversary of the First World
War (1914-18) continuing to be
commemorated.
To mark this, Ealing Council has been
encouraging relatives of the war dead
whose names were omitted from local
public memorials to do some research
and come forward. Several names have
been added to Ealing’s war memorial
as a result. The hope is to get as close

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Ealing War Memorial

to completing the lists between now
and the century anniversary of the end
of the war, in 2018.
The council’s parks team, meanwhile,
sowed poppies last year at a number
of parks and open spaces and they
bloomed again in abundance this year.
The flower became indelibly associated
with the First World War when they
sprung up in the bloody killing fields
of Europe, and have since
become emblematic of the
remembrance of sacrifice.
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
SERVICES
Mayor of Ealing, Councillor
Harbhajan Kaur Dheer, is due to
attend a service at Ealing War
Memorial on Ealing Green, in
front of Pitzhanger Manor, with
a two-minute silence at 11am.

Deputy leader of the council Ranjit Dheer
is also due to attend, along with the
Deputy Lieutenant Major John Rodwell.
The local branch of the Royal
British Legion marches each year to
Greenford War Memorial from its
headquarters in Oldfield Lane South
for a public service at 11am. It is due to
be attended this year by council leader
Julian Bell and deputy mayor of Ealing
Councillor Patricia Walker.
A parade also traditionally begins
in Manor Park and passes through
Southall on the way to Southall War
Memorial on The Green for a service
at 11am, this year due to be attended
by previous mayor of Ealing, Councillor
Tej Ram Bagha. The parade will then
continue through the town.
For more information, visit
www.ealing.gov.uk