Sandbach will mark Remembrance Sunday this weekend with its annual parade.

On Sunday 9 November the Remembrance Parade will meet in the car park at Sandbach School in Crewe Road at 10.40 am and not the usual venue of Westfields car park.

The parade will then march into the centre of Sandbach to the War Memorial in Market Square followed by a service at St Mary's Church.

There will also be a Remembrance Service at Elworth Methodist Church and then everyone will walk over to the War Memorial.

Remembrance Day – also known as Armistice Day – on Tuesday 11 November marks the anniversary of the end of the First World War in 1918. 

Alongside Remembrance Sunday, which falls this year on 9 November, it is commemorated each year to remember the sacrifice of the Armed Forces community from Britain and the Commonwealth in armed conflicts. 

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This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. It is also the 110th anniversary of the First World War's significant battles at Ypres, Loos and Gallipoli.