Details for Both the Great Cornard & Sudbury Remembrance Parades Sunday 08th November 2026

Great Cornard

Due to St Andrews ongoing maintenance work, the Great Cornard Parade for this year only will follow an amended timetable:

09:45am congregation to be seated in the Stevenson Centre

10:00am Service begins

10:35am Service finishes

10:40am Parade form up

10:45am March off

The parade will march from the Stevenson Centre to St Andrews Church led by the Phoenix Group.

The Salute will be taken by the Parish Chairman on the footpath along Stevenson Approach and finish at St Andrews Church.

Following the parade the congregation will gather around the War Memorial and Wreaths will be laid after Last Post is played at 11.00a.m.

There will be no march back to the Stevenson Centre and no refreshments laid on. 

Sudbury

Parade form up: 1.40pm

March Off: 2.00pm

Location: North side of Market Hill

Church Service: 2.30pm

The Parade will form up on the North side of the Market Hill to leave at 2.00 p.m. and be led  by The Colchester Pipes and Drums to travel down Gainsborough Street into Gregory Street and finish at St Gregory's Church.

Following the Service Wreaths will be laid on both the British and American Memorials.

The Parade will then form up to march along Croft Road into New Street, North Street and back to the Market Hill.

The Salute will be taken outside the Town Hall by the Deputy Lieutenant, Town Mayor and our Branch President. After the dismissal of the Parade refreshments will be served in the Town Hall.

 The Garden of Remembrance outside St. Gregory’s Church will still be in place for those who wish to place a cross in memory of a loved one.

Further details are available on the Sudbury Council webpage: 

https://www.sudburytowncouncil.co.uk/remembrance

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, 
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. 
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning 
We will remember them."