Chichester Remembrance 2022: All you need to know

The details of Chichester’s 2022 Remembrance Day service have been confirmed.

Residents will gather to remember the fallen at the city’s Remembrance Day service this weekend.

The service of remembrance in the city is organised by Chichester City Council, and this year takes place on Sunday, November 13.

The annual service of Remembrance will take place at the War Memorial, Litten Gardens, commencing at 11.00am.

Uniformed, and other participants will assemble in East Street and march to the War Memorial around 10.30am, led by a combined band consisting of No7 Platoon, Chichester Army Cadet Force and (Chichester) Squadron Air Training Corps Band.

The Mayor, Councillor Julian Joy, and other civic dignitaries will lay wreaths together with other representatives from the ex-service and wider community.

At the conclusion of the service the various contingents will march past the saluting base in Eastgate Square and form up again in East Street before being dismissed.

Music for the service is being provided by the Chichester City Band and the service traditionally ends with the singing of ‘Sussex by the Sea’.

For more information, visit: chichestercity.gov.uk

This year’s Remembrance service in Selsey is being run, as usual, by The Victory Club, formally Royal British Legion Selsey. Selsey Town Council will be represented by the chairman and councillors who will lay wreaths. For more information about the service in Selsey, contact Lynn Reeve at The Victory Club via 01243 602063.