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Topics: Defence issues

  • Bury to pause, remember and pay tribute to those who served

    Bury’s Armed Forces community is part of the life of our borough.Veterans, serving personnel, reservists, cadets and military families live, work and contribute across our six towns and are part of a military story that stretches back generations.To honour that service parades, services and wreath-laying ceremonies will be taking place across the borough to mark Remembrance Sunday.
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    People laying wreathes at Cenotaph
  • Mayor marks the start of Bury’s Poppy Appeal and season of remembrance

    Bury’s annual Poppy Appeal has been launched as the community comes together to remember the men and women who have served, sacrificed and lost their lives in conflicts past and present.
    Organised each year by the Royal British Legion, the appeal not only honours those who have given so much, but also raises funds to support serving personnel, veterans and their families.
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    Mayor and Colonel Newman with the poppy appeal