HUNDREDS of service personnel and veterans will join the Mayor of Sunderland, Councillor David Snowdon, when the city pays its respects at the annual Remembrance Parade on Sunday, November 10.
It will be led by The Royal Signals (Northern) Band and the Bearpark and Esh Colliery Band.
Units taking part include: 4th Regiment Royal Artillery, The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment and crew members from Sunderland’s affiliated warship, HMS Anson.
People are asked to be in place on Burdon Road by 10.15am and access to the disabled platform next to the War Memorial is available from 9.30 am. Parking in the Civic Centre Car Park will be available free of charge.
Burdon Road and Park Road will be closed from 9.30 am until approximately 2pm, with access to Civic Centre Car Park from Park Lane only after this point.
At 11am on Monday, November 11, a two-minute silence to mark Armistice Day will be observed.
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