Time to gather for remembrance services

Residents are preparing to remember those who bravely sacrificed their lives during war.
By The Newsroom
Published 8th Nov 2016, 09:00 BST
Updated 16th Nov 2016, 16:48 BST
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The Leighton Buzzard Royal British Legion has organised a schools’ service on Friday, November 11.

Groups will be gathering at 10.45am by the cenotaph in Church Square ready for the Last Post and the two-minute silence.

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On Sunday, November 13, residents are invited to meet at the town’s Market Square between 10am – 10.15am.

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The Royal British Legion will then march from the Market Square to the Church Square cenotaph. The wreath laying will commence from 11am onwards followed by a service in All Saints Church.

Meanwhile, on Sunday 13, St Mary’s Church, Woburn, will be holding a Remembrance service at 10.30am.

Afterwards, The Woburn Estate’s World War I archive collection of Bedfordshire soldiers’ letters will be on display at The Sculpture Gallery.

The gallery will also be holding a traditional two course lunch and Lili la Scala will be singing vintage songs.

To buy tickets, call Kirstin Taylor on 01525 292172 or email: [email protected].

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