Folkestone Remembers: Join the Remembrance Sunday Service
Folkestone salutes its debt to those who fought for their country at the Town's service and parade which takes place on Remembrance Sunday, 11 November, at the Folkestone War Memorial at the top of Folkestone's Road of Remembrance. All Folkestone residents are invited to pay their respects at the ceremony starting at 10.40am, which includes the traditional Silence and Wreath Laying at the War Memorial, followed by a short Service.
The civic party of the mayor and ex-Mayors, current Councillors, and invited others will assemble at the Leas Cliff Hall at 10.20am, to proceed to the War Memorial at 10.40am. En route, the civic party will pause at the RAF Memorial on The Leas, where the Town Mayor Peter Gane will lay a wreath.
At the conclusion of the ceremony at the War Memorial, the civic party will then process back to the saluting base on The Leas. There, the Town Mayor will take the Salute from serving and retired servicemen on The Leas.