In Ross-on-Wye, different Acts of Remembrance happen on various days.They started on Thursday, November 8th. There was a short service at 11.45am next to the Chelsea Pensioner’s Memorial in the Churchyard. This was followed by a short service, at 12 noon, next to the Korean Memorial at The Prospect.

On Sunday, November 11th the parade will assemble at 10.15am in the grounds of Ross Police Station. At 10.40am the choir of St Mary’s will proceed from the church to the memorial. At the gate to The Prospect they will be joined by the Mayor, Councillors, veterans and members of the Royal British Legion.

When all are in position at the war memorial the service will begin. At 11am the two minute silence will commence with the bugler playing The Last Post. The silence will be broken by the bugler sounding Reveille. The Exhortation and Kohima Prayer will be given. The wreaths will be laid.

At 11.30am the morning service will take place in St Mary’s Church and everyone is invited to attend the service.

There are also services planned at many of the local churches and village war memorials. For more details about the Acts of Remembrance in the local area see page 6.

There will also be a special events in Ross, and in many of the surrounding villages linked to the national tribute Battle’s Over. At 6pm there will be a concert featuring Allegra Ladies’ Choir from Newport in St Mary’s Church. At 6.35pm the congregation will make the short walk to The Prospect. A piper will lead the procession with the traditional lament played at the end of battle, Battle’s O’er.

The Reverend Simon Tarlton, Curate of St Mary’s will lead prayers then more than 1000 individual Buglers at WW1 Beacons of Light locations across the Nation and UK Overseas Territories will sound the historic tribute – The Last Post.

At 7pm Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire, the Reverend Prebendary Kay Garlick will light the beacon to symbolise an end of the darkness of war and a return to the light of peace. The Mayor, Councillor Harry Bramer, will cut a celebration cake followed by singing and the ringing of the church bells.The Ross Gazette would be pleased to hear about how villages in and around Ross-on-Wye are commemorating World War One. Please get in touch with details about and photos of your Remembrance.See this week’s paper for more stories like this, available in shops and as a Digital Edition now.