Services of Remembrance will honour nation’s war dead

A service will be held at St Mary's Church Battersea on Sunday November 9 attended by the Leader of the Council, Simon Hogg, and Deputy Mayor of Wandsworth, Rosemary Birchall.

Also on Sunday, the Mayor of Wandsworth, Jeremy Ambache, will attend a Service of Remembrance at St Mary's Church, Putney, and the Deputy Leader of Wandsworth Council, Kemi Akinola, will attend a service at St Nicholas Church, Tooting.

On Tuesday 11 November, the Mayor and Simon Hogg will attend the annual Service of Remembrance in Battersea Park.

This ceremony will be at the park's war memorial, which is dedicated to the service of the 24th (London) Division during the First World War. The Portland stone memorial is located at the junction of Central Avenue and East Carriage Drive. It was created by renowned war artist and sculptor Eric Kennington and has recently been renovated.

All services start at 10.45am. Ahead of the services, local dignitaries and ex-servicemen and women will lay wreaths at their respective war memorials and a two-minute silence will be observed at 11am in memory of the fallen.