BURY will fall silent on Sunday in tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in two World Wars and other conflicts.

Hundreds are expected to turn out for the main civic remembrance service in the town while others will pay their respects elsewhere.

Those taking part in a large Remembrance Day parade will gather outside Bury Town Hall from 10.15am, with the first group scheduled to set off at 10.35am. All those involved in the procession will arrive at the war memorial outside Bury Parish Church at 10.55am. The Last Post and Reveille will sound before a two-minute silence.

The Mayor of Bury, Cllr Sharon Briggs, will lay the first poppy wreath at the memorial, followed by the Lord Lieutenant’s representative, senior officers from the armed forces and members of many Bury organisations and groups. The parade will go into Bury Parish Church for a service at 11.30am, to be led by the Rector of Bury, the Rev John Findon.

After the service, Cllr Briggs will take the salute during a march past and the parade will be dismissed on its return to Bury Town Hall.

On Monday, to mark November 11 Armistice Day, services will take place at the war memorial in Market Place and Gallipoli Garden outside the Fusilier Museum.