Battle area stops to remember

The annual Armistice Day service will take place at St Mary the Virgin Church, Battle, on November 10.

The parade will assemble at Jempsons/Budgens car park at 10.15am before heading down the High Street to the church, led by Battle Town Band.

The service will start at 11am and will be followed by a wreath laying.

The parade will then return to the Jempsons/Budgens car park.

Road closures will be in place as the parade takes place.

On Monday November 11, a two minutes silence will take place on the Abbey Green.

The Last Post will be sounded and Battel Bonfire Boyes will sounds a maroon.

Other Royal British Legion branches across the district will hold similar services to remember the fallen.

On Sunday, a parade will set off from the Bear Inn car park in Burwash at 10.45am.

The parade will arrive at the village War Memorial for a Short Act of Remembrance, including the Last Post and Reveille, at 10.55am.

A church service will follow at 11.05am.

At 10.15am on Sunday, a parade will head off from Robertsbridge recreation ground to the church for a service.

The parade will then head to the village War Memorial for a wreath laying at noon.

On Monday there will be another wreath laying and two minutes silence at the memorial from 10.45am.

In Hurst Green, the village RBL branch will hold a service in the village hall on Monday, starting at 11am.