The Royal British Legion is recognised as the national custodian of Remembrance.

Remembrance Sunday, the second Sunday in November, 12th November this year, is the day traditionally put aside to remember all those who have given their lives for the peace and freedom we enjoy today.

View our News & Events calendar for details of local Remembrance events.

A few photos of Remembrance Day 2014.

 The New Garden of Remembrance. 

Paid for by Sunderland City Council while the stones and carving were bought from Durham Stonemasons. The 340 Poppy Crosses were laid by some of the Children of Washington in Remembrance of those who gave their lives during the Great War. Each cross represents a name on the memorial, from the Great War of 1914/18. 

  The War Memorial in Washington Village.

 Remembrance Sunday 2014

Left to right  Malcolm Pickering Branch Secretary and Poppy Appeal Organiser, Rt. Hon. Sharon Hodgson MP, Branch Honorary President, Deputy Lord-Lieutenant Tyne and Wear, Richard Bell Branch Chairman.

Following a service at Holy Trinity, Washington Village, Sharon Hodgson, as the Branch President and local MP, was honoured to join the Washington Branch of the Royal British Legion, Local Elected Representatives, Churches and the people of Washington to remember our service men and women who have died in the service of their country.

The Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear, was on Duty to greet the Parade of Serving and Ex-Service Personnel, Cadets, and Emergency Services, Volunteer and Youth Brigades and Charities.  Many wreathes were laid by relatives and loved-ones of those who have died in recent campaigns.

During the service, children placed over 300 crosses in the newly-opened garden of remembrance next to the war memorial, which was consecrated in August 2014 by the Bishop of Jarrow, The Rt. Revd. Mark Bryant, to mark the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.

The Miners' Banners of Washington Glebe, Usworth and F-pit, were also paraded alongside those of the Services and the British Legion on behalf of the Bevan Boys, who served in the coal mining and heavy industries in service of their country during the war