Log In

Reset Password
BERMUDA | RSS PODCAST

War veterans honoured

On parade with the veterans will be units from the visiting Royal Navy ocean survey ship HMS Herald , the United States Navy, the Bermuda Police Cadets and Junior Cadets, the Boys Brigade, the Sea Cadets and Girls Nautical Corps,

ceremonies at the Cenotaph tomorrow.

On parade with the veterans will be units from the visiting Royal Navy ocean survey ship HMS Herald , the United States Navy, the Bermuda Police Cadets and Junior Cadets, the Boys Brigade, the Sea Cadets and Girls Nautical Corps, the Bermuda Regiment and Band, the Salvation Army Band and the combined North Village and Somerset Brigade bands.

Those marching will leave the City Hall carpark at 10.20 a.m. Some will enter the grounds of the Cabinet Building from the east gate by way of Church Street and Court Street, while others march along Church Street to Queen Street and onto Front Street.

At the Cenotaph, Bishop of Bermuda the Rt. Rev. William Down will lead the service of remembrance. Governor Lord Waddington heads the list of dignitaries laying wreaths.

When the ceremony ends at about 11.20 a.m., the parade will march west along Front Street, up Queen Street, and back to City Hall.

Police warn of some short-term traffic disruptions. Burnaby Street between Reid and Front streets and Front Street between King and Queen streets will be closed from about 10 a.m. to noon, Police said.

All traffic around the parade will be stopped for two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. as a sign of respect to the war dead.

Mr. Frank Farmer, president of the Bermuda War Veterans Association, said about 100 veterans would march in the parade.

Ceremonies begin at 9 a.m. with the Royal Naval Association's HMS Jarvis Bay Memorial at Albuoy's Point, he said. See story in Shipping, Page 47.

At 9.30 a.m., members of the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps will lay a wreath on their memorial at Victoria Park, he said.

As well as veterans of the World Wars, some Bermudians who fought in the Korean War take part.