Remembrance Day in Banbury this year will be a traditional display of respect for the fallen – with a street parade, church service and wreath-laying ceremony.

It will take place in the town centre on Sunday November 14.

In 2020, covid restrictions forced the cancellation of the street parade and reduced the wreath-laying to just seven tributes.

This year the day will start at 10.15am when a military and civic procession, led by a marching band, will leave Broad Street to travel up High Street and along Horsefair to St Mary’s Church for a memorial mass for a specially-invited congregation. The service will be broadcast on speakers outside the church for those who can’t be inside.

After the service, a wreath-laying ceremony will take place at the war memorial in People’s Park at which around 50 wreaths will be placed on the cenotaph.