Remembrance Day parade is November 9

BARBADIANS WILL PAY TRIBUTE to those who lost their lives during the two World Wars, at the annual Remembrance Day Parade and Inter-denominational Service on November 9, at the Cenotaph, National Heroes Square, Bridgetown, commencing at 8 a.m. 

Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and Chief Justice, Sir Marston Gibson will lay wreaths, followed by other specially invited guests. 

Armed units of the Barbados Defence Force’s Guard of Honour, the Barbados Coast Guard, the Royal Barbados Police Force and its Band, and the Barbados Cadet Corps will be on parade. 

Unarmed units will comprise members of the Barbados Fire Service, the Barbados Prison Service, the Barbados Girl Guides’ Association, the Band of the Barbados Cadet Corps, the St John’s Ambulance Brigade, the Barbados Red Cross and the Barbados Boy Scouts Association.

A full rehearsal will be held for all armed and unarmed units on November 2, in National Heroes Square, beginning at 8 a.m. (PR)