Remembrance Day events 2026
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Remembrance Sunday falls on the second Sunday in November each year. It is a day for the nation to remember and honour all those who have sacrificed themselves to secure and protect our freedom.
Armistice Day marks the end of the First World War. It falls on 11 November each year. A 2-minute silence is observed on the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Many remembrance events are held in towns and villages across Thurrock each year.
Service | Location | Service Time and Date |
| West Thurrock | West Thurrock Memorial Park, London Road, West Thurrock, RM20 3BX | Sunday 1st November at 2pm |
| Purfleet | Purfleet Heritage Centre (Magazine, 5 Centurion Way, Purfleet RM19 1ZZ) with service and wreath laying at St Stephen’s Church (London Rd, Purfleet RM19 1QD) | Meeting Sunday 1st November: 10:15am and wreath laying at St Stephen’s Purfleet at 10:45am |
| Orsett | The War Memorial, High Road, Orsett, Essex, RM16 3LB | Saturday 7th November at 10:55am |
| Aveley | St Michael's Church, High Street, Aveley RM15 4AD | Sunday 8th November: Service at 9:45am / War Memorial at 10:45am, finishing at roughly 11:15am with refreshments in St Michael’s and Aveley Christian Centre. |
| Blackshots | St John's, Victoria Avenue Grays Essex, RM16 2RP, United Kingdom | Sunday 8th November, 10:30 a.m. for 1 hour |
| Bulphan | St Mary-The-Virgin, Church Road, Bulphan, RM14 3TP | Sunday 8th November at 2pm |
| Chadwell St Mary | St Mary’s Church, Chadwell St Mary, Linford Rd, Grays RM16 4JW | Sunday 8th November at 10.45am Service starts in church, and towards the end of the service we move outside to the memorial in the church yard to lay wreaths and crosses. |
| Chafford Hundred | War Memorial located in Kershaw Close, RM16 6RL | Sunday 8th November from 2.45pm. Starting at Warren Primary School and parade to the War Memorial in Kershaw Close for a service at 3.00pm |
| Fobbing | St Michael's Church, The Glebe House, High Rd, Fobbing, Stanford-le-Hope SS17 9JH | Sunday 8th November at 9:15am |
| Corringham | St Mary the Virgin Church, Corringham, Stanford-le-Hope SS17 9AT | Sunday 8th November at 10:45am |
| East Tilbury | The Bata War Memorial, Princess Margaret Rd, East Tilbury, Tilbury RM18 8NX | Sunday 8th November gather at 10:30am for a 10:50am start |
| Grays | War Memorial, High Street, Grays, RM17 6LU | Sunday 8th November, all are asked to be assembled around the memorial by 10.50am |
| Horndon-on-the-Hill | St Peter and St Paul Church, Horndon-on-the-hill, Stanford-le-Hope SS17 8NS | Sunday 8th November 11:00am |
| Stifford, St Mary's Church | St Mary's, High Road, North Stifford GRAYS, RM16 5UE | Sunday 8th November 2026 at 10:30am |
| South Ockendon | The War Memorial, St Nicholas Green, The Green, South Ockendon RM15 6SD | Sunday 8th November: Service starting at 10:45am |
| Stanford-le-Hope | St Margaret’s Parish Church Stanford-le-Hope War Memorial The Green Stanford-le-Hope, SS17 0EP | Sunday 8th November at 10:30am |
| Tilbury | Tilbury War Memorial, Civic Square, Tilbury RM18 8AD | Sunday, 8th November 2026 at 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM |
| Turps Corner | Turps Corner War Memorial, RM17 5SU | Sunday 8th November at 8:45am, service starts at 9am and concludes at 9:30am |
| Stifford, Ardale War Memorial | Ardale War Memorial, Stifford Green, Guardian Avenue, North Stifford RM16 5US | Wednesday 11th November at 10:50am |