Cumbria is joining together to remember lives lost during war.
Today is Remembrance Day and a number of events are planned both today and on Remembrance Sunday. Here is a round-up of events taking place across the county:
Appleby
10.50am Sunday – A parade and service are planned at Appleby. At 10.50am the parade will form at the Royal British Legion, before marching to the town’s Moot Hall for 11am. The Last Post will play before the parade makes its way to church for the service.
Aspatria
2.30pm Sunday – There will be a service of remembrance at St Kentigern’s, gathering at Brandraw car park to walk at 2.30pm and the service in church will be at 3pm.
Barrow
9.15am Sunday – A parade and service at Ramsden Square for the Submariners memorial
10.15am – Town Hall for the March up Abbey Road to the park and the service at the cenotaph. Afterwards, the Royal British Legion will open for refreshments.
BAE Systems – As it marks 150 years of Barrow Shipyard, BAE Systems has a series of activities planned for Remembrance Day.
Events begin on Thursday, November 11, with a ceremony at the Dock Museum to remember two firewatchers killed by an enemy air raid on Barrow in May 1941.
The shipyard crane from the site where crane driver Thomas Martin Cooke and apprentice fitter Christopher Fieldhouse lost their lives is replicated in the museum. The young men’s families will be joined for the service by members of our Tri-Services Committee, including Submarines’ Commercial Director Ian Sanderson.
BAE Systems Corporate Responsibility Management Advisor Elizabeth Kirkby said: “Every year we mark the passing of those young men, and this is the 80th anniversary of that tragic event.
“We are immensely proud of the enduring partnership we have with our UK armed forces. There are several fundraising events throughout the year but Remembrance Day is a very special time of year for us.”
As part of its Remembrance activities, the shipyard has helped sponsor a colourful display of poppy-themed jars at the Roundhouse on Walney. Funds raised from that will go to the Royal British Legion.
BAE Systems apprentices have been visiting local primary schools with recycled materials for children to make ‘eco’ poppies either for sale or for display. Those visits were an opportunity for the school children to learn some of the history that underpins remembrance.
Sunday – BAE Systems Submarines’ Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Director Angela Barker will attend a memorial event in Ramsden Square, Barrow, remembering those lost when two Barrow-built Royal Australian Navy submarines were sunk in the Second World War.
Following that, she will represent the business at Barrow Park Cenotaph for the 11am remembrance service.
Brampton
11am today – A two-minute silence will be held outside the Moot Hall.
2pm Sunday – Short service and wreath-laying at Brampton Memorial Hospital
2.45pm – Parade Departs from The Moot Hall
3.00pm – Remembrance Service at St Martin’s Church.
The wreath-laying at 2pm is held outdoors.
Carlisle
A series of events will be held in the Carlisle area in the build-up to Armistice Day.
Armistice Day – National Silence – City Memorial (Carlisle Greenmarket)
11am today – The Mayor of Carlisle, Cllr Pamela Birks will join veterans at the City War Memorial to mark the two minutes’ silence for Armistice Day. The Remembrance Service will involve Veterans and local school children.
Laying of Poppy Crosses on War Graves in Carlisle Cemetery (the Service will be held at the World War One Memorial)
1.30pm today – The Mayor of Carlisle, Cllr Pamela Birks is inviting the public to join her at a short service to lay Poppy Crosses on War Graves in Carlisle Cemetery. This is the culmination of the laying of over 200 crosses Âon every War Grave in the cemetery and a total of 400 in the various cemeteries in Carlisle.
Festival of Remembrance
Friday doors open at 6.30pm for 7pm event – This will be held at St Cuthbert’s Church and is a ticketed event. Tickets are free of charge and are available from the Carlisle Tourist Information Centre.
Remembrance Sunday – City Memorial, City Centre (Greenmarket)
11am Sunday – The Mayor of Carlisle, Cllr Pamela Birks will lead the Remembrance Day Wreath-Laying Ceremony, when the Two Minutes’ Silence will be observed, and a wreath will be laid by the Mayor. Former servicemen and women are invited to form up at Paternoster Row at 10.30am ready to march to the War Memorial in Greenmarket for the service. Those wishing to lay wreaths should report to the Crown and Mitre at 10.15am. All welcome.
The County Remembrance Service – Cenotaph, Rickerby Park
2.30pm Sunday – The Chair of Cumbria County Council, Cllr Tony Markley will join the Lord Lieutenant, High Sheriff and other dignitaries including the Mayor of Carlisle, Cllr Pamela Birks to attend a Remembrance Day Wreath-Laying Ceremony, organised by The Royal British Legion (Cumberland and Westmorland County Branch) and Cumbria County Council. All are welcome to attend.
Cockermouth
Harrington
9.30am Sunday – The parade in Harrington will assemble at the Royal British Legion building on Salterbeck Road and will be led by Parade Marshal, Sgt Ross Murphy. The parade will continue to St Mary’s Church on Rectory Close for a service at 10am led by Reverend Julia Powley.
Kendal
11am today – The Mayor of Kendal, accompanied by a bugler and representatives from the Royal British Legion, will lead a moment of silence at the War Memorial in the Market Place. Wreaths will be laid here and at the K-Shoes Memorial on Lound Road.
Sunday – The Mayor will lay wreaths at the Gilkes memorial on Little Aynam and at Romney Gardens, before laying a wreath at the War Memorial in Market Place at 9.30am. There will be a procession from the Town Hall, down Highgate, to Kendal Parish Church at 10.30am for the annual Remembrance Day Service at 10.45.am.
Following the service, the parade will return up Highgate to the Town Hall. Although the events are taking place as normal this year, some COVID precautions will be in place, at both the Town Hall and at Kendal Parish Church.
The Mayor of Kendal, Cllr Doug Rathbone said: “Remembrance is particularly special this year, as last year’s was blighted by COVID. It’s such an important opportunity for us to reflect on the sacrifice of those we lost and those who served, and I hope as many Kendalians as possible are able to join us.”
A cascade of poppies will be on display in the foyer of Kendal Library to commemorate Remembrance Day 2020, between Monday 2 and Friday 13 November.
The poppies were hand-knitted by staff and volunteers over the last few weeks from the library’s Knit and Natter Group – made up of keen local knitters meeting each Friday to knit and crochet poppies for the display whilst having a coffee and chat.
A social media campaign encouraged donations from other local knitters and knitting groups, aiming to reach a target of 485 – one for each soldier on the Kendal War Memorial. With more than 500 in total, a cascade of poppies to display as been created to mark Remembrance Day this year.
Keswick
November 14 – The main service will be conducted at 10am by the Rev Charles Hope at St John’s Church, before the procession moves to the Cenotaph for the laying of wreaths at 11am.
There will also be services at Great Gable and Castle Crag, while outlying villages will be holding services of their own.
Royal British Legion volunteers have already been putting collecting tins into shops and pubs, and between November 6-13 they will be manning a stall in the Keswick branch of Booths.
Kirkby Stephen
10.15am Sunday – Remembrance Sunday at Kirkby Stephen will be marked with a service at the town’s parish church at 10.15am. This will be followed by a gathering at the War Memorial in Market Square at 11am.
Maryport/Flimby
10am Sunday – Remembrance Day 2021 will take place as normal this year.Two services, the first will be held in St Nicholas Church, Flimby at 10am. The Maryport parade and service will be held in the afternoon of the same day.
The parade will assemble at the top of Fleming Square at 2.30pm. The parade is expected to move off at 2.45pm for the service to be held in St Mary’s Parish Church; this will be followed by the Wreath Laying Ceremony in the Memorial Gardens.
The Clergy, Standard Bearers and Wreath Layers will head this parade and organisations will follow. After the ceremony, the parade will reform on the Cockermouth Road, and proceed via the A594 to the Saluting Base, then to the Maryport Rugby Club, Mealpot Road to be dismissed.
Tea and biscuits will be provided afterwards in Maryport Rugby Club on Mealpot Road.
Millom/Haverigg
Musgrave
10.55am Sunday – Remembrance Sunday will be marked at St Theobald’s, Musgrave, with a service at 10.55am.
Patterdale
10am Sunday – At St Patrick’s, Patterdale, Remembrance Sunday services will be held at 10am, followed by a gathering and short service, including reading of the names of the fallen, at the War Memorial opposite St Patrick’s boathouse at 11am.
Both services will include a two-minute silence. The second service will include the opportunity to lay wreaths. All are invited to either or both services, but the wearing of face coverings and social distancing is still being observed inside the church.
Penrith
2pm November 14 – Remembrance Day will still be a little different this year to comply with risk assessments of the town council and church due to COVID. The Remembrance Day parade will involve serving and ex-forces personnel, dignitaries and invited representatives of organisations affiliated to the town.
The church currently observes distancing and don’t use all pews so to ensure that this can continue, for the safety of those taking part and in order to observe distancing, the service will not be open to the public.
The church service will be live-streamed and you are encouraged to follow it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CINeC49s3hA Members of the public are more than welcome to watch the parade through the town to pay respects. You can also join the Royal British Legion to mark Remembrance at the War Memorial and Boar War Memorial at Castle Park at approximately 3.15pm-3.30pm.
Shap
10.55am Sunday – Shap’s traditional Remembrance Service will take place as normal, starting at the village’s War Memorial at 10.55am with the Last Post sounded at 11am. Wreaths will be laid and names of the fallen read out, with the service continuing inside St Michael’s Church.
Silloth
Ulverston
11am today – A short service organised at the war memorial in Market Place.
Remembrance Sunday. Parade departs from the Legion at 2.10pm arriving at the parish church at 2.30pm. Returning back to the War Memorial to lay wreaths at about 3.40pm.
Whitehaven
November 14 – Remembrance Sunday Parade for 2021 will take place with the procession setting off from The Copeland Centre, Catherine Street, Whitehaven at 10.40am and will proceed to the War Memorial in Castle Park, Whitehaven where there will be a short service and wreath-laying ceremony.
The procession will then continue onto the United Reformed Church for a service of remembrance.
There will be a road closure in place on Lowther Street from the traffic lights at Morrisons to the traffic lights at the Civic Hall from 10.30am to 11.30am.
Workington
1.45pm November 14 – The Workington parade will assemble at 1.45pm on Pow Street and will be led by Parade Marshall, Sgt Ross Murphy. The parade will then set off at 2pm and continue to Vulcan Park for the service at the Cenotaph which will be led by Reverend Julia Powley, The Mayor’s Chaplain.
Following the service at the Cenotaph, the parade will continue to St Michael’s Church for the final service of the day led by the Very Reverend Dr Francis Ward at about 3pm.
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