Remembrance Sunday 2025
Hackney will pay tribute to all the servicemen, women and civilians who lost their lives in the two World Wars and later conflicts, at the borough’s Remembrance Sunday parade and church service on Sunday 9 November
About This Event
Hackney pays tribute to the servicemen, women and civilians who lost their lives in the two World Wars and later conflicts at the borough’s Remembrance Sunday parade and church service on Sunday 9 November.
The parade, led by Hackney’s Representative Deputy Lieutenant Stephen Howlett DL CBE, will include civic dignitaries as well as ex-service personnel, members of the 3 Military Intelligence Battalion, reserve forces, cadets and youth organisations.
IMPORTANT: The procession will leave Hackney Town Hall at 9.30am, marching to St John at Hackney Church for the 10am Service of Remembrance. Following the service, a wreath-laying ceremony will take place at the Cenotaph from 10.40am, featuring a two-minute silence and a performance of The Last Post by a lone bugler. Faith leaders from across Hackney will offer prayers for peace before the parade returns to Town Hall Square at 11:30, where wreaths will also be laid at the borough’s War Memorial.
Remembrance Sunday precedes the 85th anniversary of Remembrance Day on Tuesday 11 November. A one minute silence is observed annually in the UK at 11am on November 11, to mark the anniversary of the First World War’s official armistice.
Accessibility Information
Hackney Church is fully accessible. Hackney Town Hall and Cenotaph will take place outdoors. Please wear sensible clothing.
