Weymouth Town Council service to mark Anzac Day
Members of the public are welcome to attend Weymouth Town Council’s annual Anzac Memorial Service on Friday 25th April. The event takes place on the seafront opposite the Hotel Prince Regent and there will be a service of remembrance at 11am, so people are advised to arrive before the start.
This year, to mark the 110th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign, the Anzac Brass Band will be playing backing music to support the service before playing a short performance at the Jubilee Clock at 12pm.
A wreath-laying service will commemorate the thousands of Australian and New Zealand volunteer service personnel who passed through camps and hospitals in Dorset during the First World War between battles in the Middle East and those on the Western Front in Europe.
Mayor of Weymouth, Cllr Jon Orrell, said: “The Anzac service is both poignant and significant, in which the sacrifices made by personnel of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps are recognised. The service takes place opposite the Prince Regent Hotel, which was once Burdon’s Military Hospital where soldiers were evacuated from the beaches of Gallipoli to recover from the traumas of war.
“Members of the public are welcome to attend the service on Friday 25th April, which begins at 11am.”
The short service will be carried out by the Mayor’s Chaplain, Neil Biles.
Please note, there will be a temporary road closure in place for the service between Pier Bandstand and Astrid Way. The closure is in place from 10.30am and will re-open by 11.45am at the latest.
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