REMEMBRANCE Sunday will be particularly poignant this year, as the centenary commemorations for World War One draw to a close.

A large number of events have been planned in Worcester to mark the official end of the commemorations.

Mayor Jabba Riaz said: “This month will give people in Worcester a number of opportunities to remember all those who gave their lives one hundred years ago so we could have the peace and freedom we enjoy today.

“The importance of reflecting and learning from these events cannot be over-emphasised. By learning from the mistakes of the past, we will be in a much stronger position to create a better world for tomorrow.”

From Tuesday, October 30, The People’s Collection of letters, photographs and objects from across the county will go on show at the Hive.

The Hive is also the location of a day of remembrance and commemoration on Friday, November 9, and a day of drop-in armistice activities on Saturday, November 10

And on Armistice Day itself, Sunday November 1, there will be a day of remembrance at Worcester Cathedral and Cathedral Square.

The day starts at 6am with a lone piper playing at the Cenotaph. At 10am is the Remembrance Sunday service, followed by the wreath-laying service at the war memorial.

The two-minute silence at 11am will be followed at 11am by a poppy drop opposite the Cenotaph, and then the procession to the Guildhall where the Lord Lieutenant and the Mayor will take the salute.

The same day will see armistice activities at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Foregate Street from 11am to 4pm.

Dancefest will perform Quiet Revolution, a piece of dance theatre that highlights how the First World War fundamentally changed the roles of women at 2.30pm at the Guildhall, and 6pm at Fort Royal Park.

And the day concludes with Beacons of Light, starting at 6pm in Fort Royal Park, with the lighting of the beacon, one of more than 1,000 across the UK, at 7pm, with churches across Worcestershire ringing their bells for peace at 7.05pm.