Your guide to West Midlands' Remembrance events
ReutersThousands of people are set to attend Remembrance Sunday services across the West Midlands next weekend to honour Armed forces personnel.
Members of the public will join veterans and current servicemen and women at events marking the annual occasion on 8 November.
Many will involve a parade before wreaths are laid ahead of the nationwide two-minute silence at 11:00 GMT.
People are encouraged to check with their local councils for details of road closures and changes to public transport timetables. Below is a selection of events in the region.
Birmingham
Birmingham's annual Remembrance Day Service will take place on Colmore Row, opposite St Philip's Cathedral.
Attended by military veterans and representatives from the armed forces, the Salvation Army Band will begin playing at 10:15 with the Birmingham City Council Choir also performing.
Civic dignitaries will walk from the council house at 10:40 ahead of a two-minute silence at 11:00.
Shropshire
Shrewsbury Town CouncilShrewsbury Town is to host a remembrance match in tribute to service personnel when the League Two team meet Gillingham on 31 October.
The club honours armed forces past and present each year and wreaths will be laid on the pitch by officials and representatives from both clubs.
On 8 November, a civic procession will take place from Shrewsbury Castle at 10:30 to the War Memorial in The Quarry.
There are several events being held across Telford between 6 and 11 November with parades in the town centre, Newport and Wellington on Remembrance Sunday.
Coventry and Warwickshire
The Warwickshire town of Bedworth will retain the tradition of celebrating Armistice Day at the exact hour, day and month each year on the 11 November.
One of the largest and most famous parades in Britain, the service will be held at the War Memorial in Bedworth's Coventry Road Cemetery, following a parade through the town starting at 10:00.
In Coventry a parade will end in War Memorial Park at the Cenotaph near the Leamington Road entrance on Sunday 8 November.
A Remembrance Sunday service will also take place at the War Memorial in Euston Place in Leamington Spa at 10:50 after a parade by local organisations.
In Warwick, a procession leaves the the Court House at 09:50 and will stop at St Mary's Church before a two-minute silence at the War Memorial where wreaths will be laid.
Other events will be held in Kenilworth, Whitnash and Nuneaton.
Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Diocese of WorcesterHereford Cathedral will be bathed in red during the Remembrance period, from Saturday 31 October with a service being held from 10:00 on 8 November.
A service of commemoration and wreath laying will take place at the War Memorial in Ross-on-Wye Remembrance Sunday followed by a service at St Mary's Church.
Hereford will mark the anniversary with a civic parade and service at the War Memorial in St Peter's Square.
In Worcester city centre there will be a parade of veterans, members of the armed forces, and cadets starting at 09:15, setting off from the Cornmarket.
At 09:40 the Mayor of Worcester will lead a civic procession from the Guildhall to the cathedral ahead of the service, which begins at 10:00.
The parade will then return past the city's Guildhall.
Staffordshire
A free service is being held at the Royal British Legion National Remembrance Gardens, formerly the National Memorial Arboretum, on 8 November.
The ceremony will take place at the base of the Armed Forces Memorial and be relayed on a large screen in Heroes' Square, organisers said.
A service will also be held on the Armed Forces Memorial to mark Armistice Day on Wednesday 11 November.
In Stafford, members of the armed forces will parade through the town centre on 8 November with an open air service starting at 10:50.
On Wednesday 11 November, prayers and a two-minute silence will be held in the Market Square also from 10:50.
In Stoke-on-Trent, a service will be held at Stoke Cenotaph between 10:15 and 11:30 along with other services held at:
- Stoke (Kingsway)
- Bucknall (by St Marys Church)
- Goldenhill (St John's Church)
- Longton Park
- Fenton (by the Town Hall)
- Burslem (by Swann Bank)
- Hanley (by the Town Hall)
Wolverhampton and the Black Country
City of Wolverhampton CouncilThe West Midlands Fire Service Pipe Band will once again lead a parade through Wolverhampton when the city marks Remembrance Sunday on 8 November.
A two-minute silence will take place at 11:00 before the laying of wreaths at the city's cenotaph. This will be followed by a service of remembrance inside St Peter's Church.
A short service will also take place at the cenotaph at 11:00 on 11 November.
In Sandwell, seven parades and remembrance services will take place across the borough from 10:30 GMT at the following locations:
- Great Barr - St Margaret's Church
- Oldbury - Civic Square
- Rowley Regis - Powke Lane Cemetery
- Smethwick - Smethwick Council House
- Tipton - Victoria Park
- Wednesbury - Memorial Gardens
- West Bromwich - Dartmouth Park
Temporary road closures will be in place in some areas to accommodate the parades, organisers said.
In Walsall, the main Remembrance Sunday parade will take place in the town centre followed by a service with military veterans and armed forces representatives at the Cenotaph in Bradford Place.
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