The document below outlines the order of service for the 2024 Remembrance Sunday commemorations at the Cenotaph at Hamilton Square in Birkenhead on Sunday 10 November 2024.
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Remembrance Sunday
10 November 2024
The Cenotaph
Hamilton Square, Birkenhead
that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
10.30 to 10.45am
The Poppy Band will play while local units of the TAVR and other organisations will take up their positions in front of the Cenotaph.
10.50am
Members of the 234 (Wirral) Squadron RLC(V) and 107 (L & C) Field Squadron RE(V) will take up positions with arms reversed at each corner of the Cenotaph respectively.
The Choir of the Priory Parish of Birkenhead and Members of the Clergy will take their places.
10.56am
The Civic Party will take up positions in front of the Cenotaph.
10.57am - The Gathering
Reverend Paul Bentley, Vicar of Birkenhead Priory reads the Sentences and Introduction.
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6.8
We commit ourselves to work in penitence and faith for
reconciliation between the nations, that all people may, together,
live in freedom, justice and peace.
suffer the consequences of fighting and terror.
10.59am - Act of Remembrance
The Last Post.
11am
A Sound Signal will be given.
11.02am
A Sound Signal will be given.
The Reveille will be sounded.
The Colours will be raised.
Dave Waddington (Burma Star Association) says:
as we that are left grow old;
age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
we will remember them.
David Waddington will recite The Kohima Epitaph on behalf of the Burma Star Association:
‘For your tomorrow, we gave our today.’
Reverend Paul Bentley, Vicar of Birkenhead Priory Parish
Hymn (Tune ‘St Anne’)
our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast,
and our eternal home:
Under the shadow of thy throne,
thy saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is thine arm alone,
and our defense is sure.
Before the hills in order stood,
or earth received her frame,
from everlasting thou art God,
to endless years the same.
A thousand ages in thy sight
are like an evening gone;
short as the watch that ends the night
before the rising sun.
O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
be thou our guide while troubles last,
and our eternal home!
Listening for the Word from God
The Right Reverend Julie Conalty, Bishop of Birkenhead
James 3:17-18
Praying together
Reverend Debbie Wilkinson, Associate Minister of Birkenhead Priory Parish.
Please join in the response “GOD GIVE PEACE”
May God give peace. GOD GIVE PEACE.
For those who love them in death as in life,
Offering the distress of our grief and the sadness of our loss;
May God give peace. GOD GIVE PEACE.
For all members of the armed forces who are in danger this day,
Remembering family, friends and all who pray for their safe return;
May God give peace. GOD GIVE PEACE.
For civilian women, children and men whose lives are disfigured
by war or terror, calling to mind in penitence the anger and hatreds of humanity;
May God give peace. GOD GIVE PEACE.
For peace-makers and peace-keepers, who seek to keep this world secure and free;
May God give peace. GOD GIVE PEACE.
For all who bear the burden and privilege of leadership, political, military and religious, asking for gifts of wisdom and resolve in the search for reconciliation and peace;
May God give peace. GOD GIVE PEACE.
O God of truth and justice, we hold before you those whose memory we cherish, and those names we will never know.
Help us to lift our eyes above the torment of this broken world,
And grant us the grace to pray for those who wish us harm.
As we honour the past, may we put our faith in your future;
For you are the source of life and hope, now and forever. AMEN.
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever. AMEN.
Responding in Hope and Commitment
Reverend Paul Bentley, Vicar of Birkenhead Priory Parish
that have not yet been cast out by love;
May we accept the hope you have placed
in the hearts of all people,
And live lives of justice, courage and mercy;
Through Jesus Christ our risen Redeemer. AMEN.
The Blessing
The Right Reverend Julie Conalty, Bishop of Birkenhead
To the departed rest,
To the Church, the King, the Commonwealth,
And all people
Unity, peace and concord,
And to us and all God’s servants, life everlasting.
And the blessing of God Almighty,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit be with you all and remain
with you always. AMEN.
The National Anthem
Long live our Noble King
God save the King,
Send him victorious
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us
God Save the King.
The laying of wreaths and march past
(Accompanied by a lone piper playing traditional laments)
The Mayor of Wirral, Councillor Cherry Povall and Deputy Lord Lieutenant Sue Higginson OBE will place the first wreaths. They will be followed by representatives of Wirral Council, armed services, other organisations and relatives.
The Poppy Band will accompany the hymns and The Choirs of the Priory Parish of Birkenhead and the Choir will lead the hymn singing.
Contingents of local units of the TAVR and other uniformed organisations will march past after the laying of the wreaths. It is requested that the assembly should not disperse until the conclusion of the march past.
