VILLAGES across the South Hams will be commemorating Remembrance Day with services and parades.

Here’s where they will take place, all events are taking place on Sunday, November 13, unless stated otherwise.

KINGSBRIDGE - Local community groups and organisations are mustering in the Town Square for on Sunday, November 13, at 10.30am and marching to the War Memorial at 10.45am, assembling for the minute silence and service.

Following that, there will be a church service at St Edmunds Church, Fore Street.

On Friday, November 11, there will be a one minute silence at 11am at the War Memorial when the Union Flag will be lowered. SALCOMBE - congregate at Whitestrand car park at 10.30am and then parade to the war memorial with Harbour Master Adam Parnell as parade marshall. The rev Daniel French will then lead the service at the war memorial.MALBOROUGH - at 10.30am the parade will start from the Village Hall to the war memorial where wreaths will be laid, followed by a service at All Saints Church at 10.55amOn Friday, November 11, a ‘Ceremony at the Plaque’ will take place including a short service and laying of wreath at the plaque in the car park in East Soar at 11am. STOKENHAM - at 10.55am the service will take place at the St Michael and All Angels church followed by the wreaths being laid at the war memorial.

MODBURY - Legion members along with parish councillors, the fire brigade, and youth organisations like the Scouts, Guides and Brownies will assemble at the war memorial at 10am and parade to the St George’s Church in time for a 10.30am service. After the service, the group will process back to the war memorial where wreaths will be laid at around 11.30am.

On Friday, November 11, the Royal British Legion and others gather around the war memorial in the town at 11am.

SOUTH POOL - at South Pool Church, the Remembrance Sunday service starts at 10.50am. It is always one of the highest attended Services of the year, largely due to the military tradition and connections of the village and surrounding areas, to remember all those who gave their lives in the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts, so recently in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Service and Act of Remembrance is taken by members of the congregation and led each year by Squadron Leader (Ret’d) David Bennett RAF. The Service starts in the Church at 10.50am with an opening hymn, prayers and then moves out to the War Memorial near the porch when the chairman of the Parish Council, Frank Green, reads out the names of those who gave their lives in the Great War.

Hugh Marriage then sounds the Last Post and Reveille on a trumpet, from the top of the Tower, to commence and conclude the Two Minute silence. Two members, who served in conflicts in the 1960’s and 70’s, read the tradition homilies, followed by the congregation moving back into the Church for the remainder of the Service, with the music provided by Chris Hart. Everyone will be made welcome and The Millbrook Inn always kindly opens early to provide coffee and drinks around a log fire to enable people to warm us afterwards and reflect on the occasion.

THURLESTONE - at 10.50am a Remembrance service will take place at All Saints Church, followed by a wreath laying at the war memorial.

SOUTH MILTON - at 9.30am a Remembrance service will take place at All Saints Church, followed by a wreath laying at the war memorial.

CHURCHSTOW - at 10.30am a Remembrance Sunday service will take place at St Mary’s Church, followed by a wreath laying in the church.

LODDISWELL - at 10.45am wreath laying will take place at the war memorial followed by a Remembrance Sunday service at St Michael and All Angels Church,

WOODLEIGH - at 3pm there will be a Remembrance Sunday service at St Mary’s Church

EAST ALLINGTON - at 10.50am there will be a Remembrance Service at St Andrews Church

SLAPTON - a Remembrance Service will take place at St James the Great Church. Assembling at the church at 10.55am, moving to the war memorial for an 11am silence and wreath laying, followed by a service in the church.

CHIVELSTONE - St Sylvester’s Church will hold a Remembrance Service at 10.50am. A wreath from the parish council will be blessed in church during the Service and will be laid at the war memorial in the churchyard after the Service. The names of those lost in the First and Second World War will be read.

AVETON GIFFORD - at 10.45am at the war memorial, followed by a Remembrance Service in St Andrew’s Church.

BIGBURY, KINGSTON and RINGMORE - at 10.30am, a joint service for the three parishes will take place at All Hallows Church, Ringmore.

The Devon Poppy Appeal was launched on Thursday, October 27, when the Royal Navy and the Royal British Legion joined forces. To mark the start of the appeal, which coincides with the national appeal, a large model poppy was lowered into the custody of an airman from a hovering Royal Navy Merlin helicopter.

The Deputy Lieutenant of Devon, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, former First Sea Lord, accepted the poppy from the air crew. He said: ‘I am here in naval uniform to represent the Lord Lieutenant and all the military in the county and the civilians who benefit from the fantastic work of the legion. The country owes the armed forces a huge debt, both to those who made the ultimate sacrifice and those who have been scarred mentally and physically and have on-going needs - all in the service of their country and ensuring our liberty.

‘As the custodian of this responsibility of honouring this debt, the legion is launching its Poppy Appeal to fund raise for the provision of services supporting the health and welfare of the serving and veterans of the armed forces and their families. To this end, the partnership between the naval community and the legion will formalise this on-going work.’