Remembrance Sunday 2026: Services and events to take place across Bognor and surrounding area
Communities across Bognor Regis and the surrounding villages will come together this November to remember those who lost their lives in conflicts past and present.
Remembrance Sunday falls on Sunday, November 8, with a number of services, parades and wreath-laying ceremonies taking place across the area. Armistice Day will also be marked on Wednesday, November 11.
Here is a roundup of the events taking place in Bognor Regis and across the Arun district.
Bognor Regis
In Bognor Regis, the town's annual Remembrance Sunday parade and service will take place on Sunday, November 8, from 10.30am at the War Memorial outside Bognor Regis Town Hall in Clarence Road.
Organised by Bognor Regis Town Council, the event will bring together veterans, serving personnel, local organisations and members of the public to pay their respects.
The parade will assemble at Place de Maur, next to the Regent Centre, at 10.20am before making its way to the memorial.
The service will include wreath-laying and the traditional two-minute silence.
Following the main service, members of the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) and Air Cadets will make their way to the end of Bognor Pier.
A further wreath will be laid at noon, followed by a planned Chinook flypast from RAF Odiham, subject to weather conditions and aircraft availability.
Bognor Regis will also mark Armistice Day on Wednesday, November 11, at the Town Hall, with representatives from RAFA Bognor Regis Branch 381 attending the ceremony.
In Aldingbourne, residents are invited to attend a Remembrance Sunday service at St Mary's Church on Sunday, November 8, at 10am.
The service will include an Act of Remembrance at 10.55am, giving the community an opportunity to come together and remember those who served and sacrificed their lives.
St Mary's Church in Barnham will hold a series of services on Remembrance Sunday, November 8, beginning with a Said Mass at 9.30am, using the Book of Common Prayer.
An Act of Remembrance will follow at 10.55am, before a Sung Mass takes place at 11.15am.
Residents are welcome to attend and join the community in remembering those who lost their lives in conflict.
A family service will take place at St George's Church, Eastergate, on Sunday, November 8, at 10am.
Following the service, the congregation will process to Eastergate War Memorial for an Act of Remembrance at 10.55am.
Residents are also invited to gather at Eastergate Village Hall afterwards, where complimentary tea, coffee and cake will be available.
A road closure is planned between 10.45am and 11.15am to allow the commemorations to take place safely.
There is also a separate Remembrance Sunday celebration listed at Eastergate Village Hall between 11.30am and 12.30pm.
Aldwick Parish Council will hold an Armistice Day wreath-laying ceremony at Millennium Garden, Pryors Lane, on Wednesday, November 11.
Residents are invited to gather at 10.50am ahead of the two-minute silence at 11am.
The ceremony will provide an opportunity for people to pause and remember those who gave their lives in service.
A short Act of Remembrance will take place at St Thomas à Becket Church, Pagham, on Sunday, November 8, at 11am.
Following the morning Eucharist, residents will gather at the war memorial in the churchyard for a short service and wreath-laying ceremony.