Remembrance Sunday services throughout Devon

Newton Abbot will come together on Sunday 8 November to honour those who served and sacrifi ced for their country at the town’s annual Remembrance Service and Parade, organised by Newton Abbot Town Council.

Representatives of the Armed Forces, youth organisations, local groups and civic leaders will assemble in Courtenay Street at 10am, before the parade sets off at 10.35am, led by The Devonport Royal Naval Volunteer Band.

The parade will proceed along Queen Street to the War Memorial in The Avenue, where the service begins at 10.45am. The service will include hymns, readings and the laying of wreaths, followed by the Last Post at 10.58am and the two-minute silence at 11am.

The event will conclude with the National Anthem and blessing. Motorists are advised that signed traffi c restrictions will be in place and should plan their journeys accordingly. A further short service will take place at the War Memorial at 10.45am on Wednesday 11 November for Armistice Day. Members of the public are welcome to attend

Teignmouth residents are invited to come together this November to honour the fallen and pay their respects at the town’s Remembrance Sunday service and Armistice Day commemorations, organised by Teignmouth Town Council and Brian Hall MBE.

The Remembrance Sunday parade will arrive at the War Memorial on the Upper Den Carriageway at 10.45am on Sunday 8 November, when the service will begin. Standard bearers and marching detachments will assemble on the Upper Den Carriageway at 10.10am, with wreath layers gathering at the War Memorial at 10.25am. Members of the public are warmly welcome to attend.

The commemorations will continue on Wednesday 11 November for Armistice Day. The Mayor, councillors and representatives of the services invite the public to join them on the Triangle, Teignmouth, arriving at 10.40am for a 10.45am start and a two-minute silence.

Teignmouth will also take part in the Great Western Railway’s Poppies to Paddington initiative. At 7.24am on 11 November, Deputy Mayor Joan Atkins and Brian Hall MBE will each pass a wreath onto the train at Teignmouth Railway Station. Residents are encouraged to attend and join the community in remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Remembrance Week provides an opportunity for the community to come together to honour and remember those who have served and sacrificed in times of conflict.

On Remembrance Sunday, 8th November 2026, the town’s annual parade will assemble at 9.45am, proceeding to the War Memorial for the Act of Remembrance and wreath laying, followed by a service at St Andrew’s Church at 10.45am. Residents, veterans, cadets, local organisations and visitors are warmly invited to take part in this important civic occasion.

Monday 2nd November, 10am is the Laying of the Crosses. The ceremony is organised by the Ashburton branch of the Royal British Legion in conjunction with the Portreeve and Mayor. Following a short service in the churchyard of St Andrew’s Church, volunteers place small wooden remembrance crosses on the graves of service personnel buried there. The act honours local men and women who served and ensures that their individual sacrifi ces are remembered.

On Armistice Day, Wednesday 11 November, Ashburton will observe the national two minute silence at 11.00am, with a short ceremony taking place outside Ashburton Town Hall. The silence marks the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, commemorating the end of the First World War and remembering all those who have given their lives in service

This year’s Remembrance events in Bovey Tracey are set to begin at 9.30am on Sunday November 8 with a parade from Abbey Road Car Park to the Church of Saints Peter, Paul and Thomas of Canterbury. The church service, led as usual by Revd. Graham Hamilton, will follow at 10.00am, after which the Act of Remembrance and wreath laying will take place at approximately 11am at the War Memorial, adjacent to the old Town Hall.

Organisations taking part are expected to include Bovey Tracey Army Cadets, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, 1st Bovey Scouts, Bovey Rangers, Guides and Brownies and Bovey Tracey Boys Brigade. The parade will be dismissed at 11.30am.

Mayor Cllr Sheila Brooke said: ‘Once again we approach that time of year when, as a community, we pay quiet tribute to those who fought for our freedom, many of whom paid the ultimate price’. We look forward to a good number of people attending the event and ask that drivers respect the necessary road closures and plan their journeys accordingly. Our thanks go to all who make this very special day possible.

Residents of Kingsteignton are invited to come together on Sunday 8 November to honour the fallen and pay their respects as part of the town’s Act of Remembrance. The parade will assemble at the Kingsteignton Royal British Legion, marching off at 9.30am and following the usual route to the Parish Church of St Michael for a church service at 10am.

Following the service, the commemorations will move outside to the War Memorial, where readings will take place, followed by the laying of wreaths and the Last Post, in time for the 11am two minute silence. The annual service provides an opportunity for the local community to unite in remembering all those who made the ultimate sacrifi ce in service to their country, as well as those who continue to serve.

Organised with the support of the Royal British Legion, the Parish Church of St Michael and Kingsteignton Town Council, the event offers residents the chance to refl ect, remember and pay tribute to generations past and present