RESIDENTS will pause to remember the fallen across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole this weekend.

Commemorative events will be held at each war memorial in all three towns on Sunday, November 12.

A BCP Council spokesperson said: “Residents will have the opportunity to come together to remember the service and sacrifice of the Armed Forces and emergency services, from Britain and the Commonwealth, that have defended our freedoms and protected our way of life.”

Bournemouth’s Annual Service of Remembrance and Parade will take place at the war memorial in the Central Gardens with the service starting at 10.55am.

The Salvation Army Band will lead the parade and will play the bugle alongside the Field Gun Display Team, marking the start and end of the two-minute silence. 

Reverend Dr Steve Parselle will lead the service with music provided by the Salvation Army Boscombe Band and the Bournemouth Combined Cadet Force Band.  Braidley Road, Bourne Avenue, and Avenue Road will be closed to vehicles from 9am until 1pm.

In Poole on Saturday, November 11, the Mayor of Poole will be observing the two-minute silence with a short service of remembrance outside Beales in The Dolphin.

Bournemouth Echo:

The service will commence at 10.55am and a bugler from Poole Sea Cadets will be in attendance.

Then on Sunday, the Annual Service of Remembrance and Parade will take place at the war memorial in Poole Park.

The Poole Sea Cadets Marching Band will lead the parade and play the bugle to mark the start and end of the two-minute silence.

Bournemouth Echo:

The service, which will be led by Reverend Timothy Meachin, will start at 10.50am, with music be provided by the Poole Borough Band.  Poole Park will be closed to vehicles from 7.30am until 1pm.

In Christchurch, the traditional Remembrance Services will begin with a short service at Purewell Cross War Memorial at 9.15am on Sunday.

At 10am, a procession led by the Royal British Legion, Armed Forces Units, town council and civic organisations from the Royal British Legion will travel down the High Street to the Priory Church.

This will be followed by a wreath laying ceremony in the Priory’s Garden of Remembrance at 10.15, ahead of the Remembrance Service at 10.50am including a two-minute silence.

After this, the procession will return along the High Street, past the Old Town Hall, where the Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset and Mayor of Christchurch will receive the salute.