The Mayor's Office
Remembrance Sunday
A list of services and Acts of Remembrance taking place throughout the borough on Sunday, 10 November.
Faversham
Wreath laying in Faversham.
Church of St. Mary of Charity, Faversham (Abbey/St Anns)
10.45 for 11am. Laying of wreaths at the War Memorial, Stone Street. Cllr Kieren Golding will lay a wreath. The Service in the Church will be at 11.30am (approx). Cllr Charles Gibson will lay a wreath in the Church..
Church of St. Barnabus, Boughton. (Boughton & Courtney)
10.50 am. Service and wreath laying at the War Memorial, The Street, Boughton. Cllr Gould will lay a wreath.
St. Mary’s Church, Selling (Boughton & Courtney)
10.30 am Cllr Lehmann will attend and lay a wreath.
Doddington and Newnham War Memorial (East Downs)
3.00pm Hon Alderman David Simmons will attend and lay a wreath.
Isle of Sheppey
Wreath laying on the Isle of Sheppey.
All Saints Church, Eastchurch and Eastchurch War Memorial
10.00 am Service and wreath laying. Cllrs Moore and Noe will lay a wreath.
The Lychgate, Leysdown (Leysdown and Warden)
2pm. Act of Remembrance. Councillor Lee-Anne Moore and Councillor Tara Noe will attend and lay a wreath.
Abbey Church of St. Mary and St. Sexburgha, Minster (Minster Cliffs)
10.45am. A Remembrance Service will be held. Cllr Nundy will lay a wreath in the Chapel of Remembrance.
Holy Trinity Church, Queenborough (Queenborough & Halfway)
10.45am. The Service of Remembrance in Church followed by the laying of wreaths at the War Memorial at 11am – Cllr Shiel will lay a wreath.
The Cenotaph, Sheerness (Sheerness West)
10.45 for 11am Service and wreath laying at the Cenotaph. Cllr Harrison will attend and lay a wreath. Participants then process to Holy Trinity Church, Broadway, for a service at 11.45am
War Grave, Harty (Sheppey Central)
3pm approx. Service and Act of Remembrance. Cllr Jayes will attend the Service and lay a wreath.
Sheerness Cemetery
Cllr Macdonald will lay a wreath
Sittingbourne
Wreath laying in Sittingbourne
Church of St Peter & Paul, Borden (Borden)
9.30am The Parish Eucharist, followed by an Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial at 10.40 am, Cllr Cavanagh will lay a wreath.
Church of St Bartholomew, Bobbing (Grove)
10.45am An informal service of Remembrance. Cllr Hunt will attend and lay a wreath.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Newington (Hartlip, Newington, & Upchurch)
10.15am Service followed by an Act of Remembrance at 11am. Cllr Chris Palmer will attend and lay a wreath. (in twice)
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Upchurch (Hartlip, Newington, & Upchurch)
10.15 am Service of Remembrance Hon. Alderman Gerry Lewin, representing the Mayor, will attend and lay a wreath.
Church of St. Michael & All Angels, Hartlip (Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch)
10.30am The Service and Act of Remembrance. Cllr Baldock will attend and lay a wreath.
St. Margaret’s Church, Lower Halstow (Iwade & Lower Halstow)
10.30am Cllr Simon Clark will lay a wreath.
All Saints Church, Iwade (Iwade & Lower Halstow)
10.30am Service, with an Act of Remembrance at 11am, Cllr Carnell will lay a wreath. Cllr Roger Clark will lay a wreath at the WW1 Burial Cairn after the service.
Holy Trinity Church, Milton Regis (Milton Regis)
10.00am Cllrs Valls and Winckless will attend and lay a wreath at the memorial in the Church grounds.
All Saints Church, Murston (Murston)
10.45am Cllr Watson, Deputy Mayor, will attend the Service and lay a wreath at the Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial outside the church at 11am.
St Michael’s Church and the War Memorial, Central Avenue
9.45am The Mayor, Councillor Ben Martin, will attend the Church service and lay a wreath at the War Memorial. Leader of the Council Councillor Tim Gibson will be in attendance.
St. Laurence Church, Bapchild (West Downs)
10.30am Cllr Bonney will lay a wreath on the altar.