The annual service of remembrance in the island’s capital is set to take place on Sunday November 13.
The traditional remembrance day parade will assemble at 9.15am and set off from Market Hill at 9.30am. The procession will then head along Duke Street, Strand Street, Castle Street, Marina Road, St Thomas’ Walk, Market Street and Church Road Marina to St Thomas’ Church. On arrival, participants will file inside via the Finch Road entrance.
The church service will get under way at 10am, with Canon Philip Frear and the Archdeacon the Venerable Andrew Brown offering prayers.
At 10.40am, around 40 minutes later, the service will end. This will allow time for anyone present to parade to the War Memorial in time for 11am. There, the two minutes’ silence will be observed and this will be followed by the ceremonial laying of the wreaths.
A final parade will then form on the promenade roadway next to the War Memorial and once the salute is taken opposite the Gaiety Theatre by the Mayor of Douglas, Councillor John Skinner, the parade will head along Marina Road and retrace its steps to Market Hill.
Organisers have warned that if the weather proves poor, any or all of the parades may be abandoned, however, the two minutes’ silence at the war memorial at 11am will still go ahead.
Members of any organisations, both military and civil, as well as the public, are invited to take part in all, or some, of the event.
Douglas Council has also alerted motorists that between 9am and midday parking will be suspended on Harris Promenade and the road will be closed between Broadway and the north end of the Marine Gardens. There will also be varying road closures on lower Finch Road, Church Road Marina, Market Street and Harris Promenade between 9.30am and midday.