Watford will pay its respects and remember the sacrifices of servicemen and women in a two-minute silence this Remembrance Day.
Observed every year since 1919, Remembrance or Armistice Day is marked on the anniversary of the end of World War I on November 11.
Remembrance Sunday falls on the second Sunday of November which means that it will be observed on November 13.
Services are being planned across the county to commemorate the contribution of the Armed Forces and their families from Britain and the Commonwealth.
Remembrance Day events in Watford 2022
Where: Watford Town Hall, Rickmansworth Road
On Sunday, the Royal British Legion and other organisations will lay wreaths at Watford’s war memorial outside the Town Hall at 3pm.
The parade will start from St Mary's Church up to the peach Memorial and will start at 2.15pm.
Where: All Saints Church, Horseshoe Lane
Also taking place on Sunday, there will be a 9am service in person and will also be live streamed.
At 10.45am a Civic Service will take place at the War Memorial High Road Leavesden.
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Where: St Matthew's Church, Eastbury Road
People are invited to gather at the War Memorial for the Act of Remembrance where a two minutes silence will take place at 11am.
The moment of silence will be followed by a service of Remembrance in the Church at 11.15am.
Where: Oxhey Village Green
On Sunday there will be a service at 2.15pm in the Oxhey Village Green Memorial.
There will then be a parade that will lead towards the Watford Heath Memorial at 3pm.
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