Birmingham Remembrance Day Service and Parade on Colmore Row announced: date, location & more here

Birmingham will fall silent on Sunday, as the city remembers the fallen at its annual parade and Remembrance Day service.

A Day of National Remembrance Service is taking place on Colmore Row, opposite St Philip’s Cathedral, on Sunday, November 12.

It will be attended by military veterans and representatives of the region’s armed forces and is one of several events taking place across Birmingham and the West Midlands over the weekend to honour our fallen troops.

The parade and service follows Remembrance Day, also known as Poppy Day, on Saturday, November 11 - the annual memorial day observed since the end of the First World War in 1919.

The parade will include ex-service personnel, regular, reserve and cadet units from the Armed Forces who, with representatives of other local uniformed organisations.

What time will the Remembrance Day Parade take place on Sunday, November 12, 2023?

• 10:30am - The Parade will march from Temple Row
• 10.50am the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands Major General Timothy Hodgetts, the Lord Mayor of Birmingham Cllr Chaman Lal, the Bishop of Aston and Acting Bishop of Birmingham, Rt Reverend Anne Hollinghurst,  will walk from the Council House to Colmore Row, with senior representatives from the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force. The service will begin at 10.55am.
• 11am - A two-minute silence will be observed at 11am
• 11:02am Wreaths will be laid at the Cenotaph by representatives from the Armed Forces, veterans’ organisations, faith and community groups.
• 11:40am The event will end with a march past.

A message from Birmingham Lord Mayor Cllr Chaman Lal

The Lord Mayor said: “On Remembrance Sunday we honour our promise never to forget all those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and I encourage Birmingham’s citizens to join us on Colmore Row to observe the act of remembrance at 11am.

“It is important that we take time to remember all the men and women who gave their lives while serving their country, at war and in peacetime, who gave their today’s for our tomorrows.” The order of service for Sunday’s event is available here: will be Remembrance Day Parade & Order of Service in Birmingham