Remembrance services held across Channel Islands

Remembrance services held across Channel Islands
News Desk

By News Desk


Published: 10/11/2024

People in the Channel Islands gathered to mark Remembrance Sunday with services and parades.

Islanders came together at a number of events with the two-minute silence held at 11:00 GMT to pay respects to people who served during both World Wars and other conflicts.

St Ouen in Jersey was one of the places where a service was held with members of the community, including the Sea Scouts, laying poppy wreaths at the war memorial.

A parade was also held in St Peter Port from the fire station to Smith Street with bagpipe players leading the procession before wreaths were laid at the town's war memorial.

A service was also held in St Helier with poppies laid at the town's Cenotaph along with a parade staged in Alderney to mark the occasion.

Ports of Jersey posted on Facebook it would be observing the two-minute silence on Sunday and Monday.

It said: "All members of our Ports of Jersey community will pause for quiet reflection."

Sports teams also marked Remembrance Sunday with Guernsey FC posting on its Facebook page a two-minute silence was held before its women's team played against St Peter in Jersey.

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