North West Leicestershire will remember and reflect on the sacrifices of fallen soldiers at a Remembrance Day service and parade on Sunday 8 November. This year there will also be two displays comprising over 8,000 knitted and crocheted poppies on Memorial Square in Coalville, and at Coalville Library. The poppies have been donated by people from across the district, as well as local school children, as part of the council’s Project Poppy campaign. The Coalville Remembrance e

It is a great personal honour for me as Mayor of Charnwood to be part of this year’s Remembrance events, as we acknowledge the sacrifice to those brave people in the UK and throughout the Commonwealth who fought and died in service of their country. Remembrance Sunday is a time for us to come together and join one of the many services throughout the towns and villages of Charnwood where we can show our respects as we share in the two-minute silence and in so doing keep alive

The short service will take place at the Stand Easy memorial on Wednesday 11 November. A service to mark Armistice Day and to pay tribute to all those who lost their lives in conflict is being held at Leicestershire County Council’s HQ, County Hall, on Wednesday, 11 November. The short service will take place at the Stand Easy memorial, beginning at 10.55am, and will incorporate the laying of wreaths and a two-minute silence at 11am. Dignitaries taking part in the service inc