Remembrance Parade,  Sunday 8 November 2026

The programme is as usual as follows (all times a.m.):-

1030                    Form up in King’s Arms car park                                           

1048                    Parade marches off to the War Memorial

1053-1105           Ceremony at Park Walk Memorial

1100                    Two minutes silence

1105                    Parade re-forms in Abbey Walk

1108                    Parade marches to St Peter’s Church

1120                    Remembrance Service at St Peter’s Church

Space is limited around the Town Memorial, so organisations are asked to close up to the right on arrival at the cenotaph. Those going directly to the church are asked to be seated by 11:10am.  All members are welcome to march in the parade. We thank the Dorset Marshals without whose help the parade could not be held.   We are also grateful to the Town Band, which turns out every year, whatever the weather, to support us in the supreme act of remembrance; the Parade Marshal - Major Owen Wells of the Army Cadet Force; and to the Town Council staff who make the official arrangements for the civic parade.  We will arrange to erect the knitted poppy cascade from last year to adorn St Peter’s Church.  There will be a separate brief ceremony outside the Town Hall at 11am. on Wednesday 11 November 2026 to commemorate the exact time the cessation of hostilities in the First World War occurred in 1918.  Branch members and the public are all welcome, and are invited to be there by 10.50.a.m.