Video report: Thatcham remembers

Townspeople gathered at the war memorial this morning (Friday) to mark Armistice Day with a Service of Remembrance

PEOPLE gathered at the war memorial in Thatcham this morning (Friday) to remember fallen soldiers.

The service, which was held by the Royal British Legion, included prayers, wreath laying and a two minute silence in remembrance of the First and Second World Wars.

Pastor at Thatcham Baptist Church, David Taylor, said: “We meet in the presence of God and we remember with gratitude and commend to God all those who have given their lives in the cause and justice of freedom.”

Chairman of the Thatcham Royal British Legion, Ian Boreland, thanked everyone for attending the special service and added: “It will never happen again in my time – the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh.”

Click on the link to view video footage of the service.

A Remembrance Sunday parade in Thatcham will be held on Sunday (13) from 10.30am.

The parade will start at the Kingsland Centre car park, off The Moors and go along Bath Road to a service at the war memorial.

It will then process to St Mary's Church, Church Gate.

Parts of the town will be closed to traffic while the parade takes place.

For a roundup of Remembrance Sunday service across the district see next week's Newbury Weekly News.