Services are being held across the city to mark this year’s Remembrance Day attended by civic leaders. The services begin on Thursday and continue over the weekend.
Councillor Amanda Grimshaw, the council’s Armed Forces Champion, said: “Remembrance Day is an important opportunity for all the city’s diverse communities to come together to remember and honour the sacrifice of all those who have lost their lives because of conflict.
“It’s a time to remember that the ripples of conflict spread far and wide and each person remembered also had families that were affected often for generations. We also remember the innocent lives lost because of conflict.
“We’re very pleased and proud to announce that we’ll now be marking the anniversary of the Battle of the Boar’s Head on 30 June as a part the city’s civic calendar.
“The Royal Sussex Regiment evokes strong connections in the mindset of those residents whose forbears were in the battalions that took part in the attack and others lost whilst serving in other battles.
“Three battalions of the Royal Sussex Regiment took part in what was supposed be a diversionary attack on 30 June 1916. In the space of about 3 hours, 366 men lost their lives and a further 1,000 were wounded or captured.
“Sixty-two men from the city died in the battle - the city’s greatest loss of life in one day and scarcely a town or village in Sussex did not have men who were affected.
“As a consequence, it’s known in regimental history as ‘The Day that Sussex died’.
“I’m very pleased we will be able to continue the commemoration of this important anniversary which is a day to remember.
"The next few days will see multiple commemoration services which also acknowledge that Armistice Day signalled a much longed for peace and end of conflict.”
Blessing in the Garden of Remembrance by the War Memorial, Old Steine, Brighton, BN1 1EN. Please arrive by 10.40am.
Armistice Day service and 2 minute silence at 11am at the War Memorial, Old Steine, Brighton, BN1 1EN. Please arrive by 10.45am.
Armistice Day service and 2 minute silence at the War Memorial, Grand Avenue, Hove, BN3 2NA. Please arrive by 10.50am.
Armistice Day 2 minute silence at the War Memorial, Village Green, Rottingdean, BN2 7HA. Please arrive by 10.55am.
The Royal Sussex Regimental Association Remembrance Service at the Royal Sussex Regiment Memorial, Regency Square, Brighton, BN1 2FJ. Please arrive by 8.50am.
A parade and service at the War Memorial, Old Steine, Brighton, BN1 1EN, followed by wreath laying. Please arrive by 10.30am.
Wreath laying ceremony at the Easthill Park Memorial, Manor Road, Portslade BN41 2FA. Please arrive by 10.45am.
Two short wreath laying ceremonies are being held in Hove Cemetery, Old Shoreham Road, BN3 7EF. The first at the North Gate Memorial, followed by the second at the South Gate Memorial.
A parade will depart from the lower High Street to The Green for a remembrance service at 12 noon.
A short service and official wreath laying ceremony, followed by a March Past, Salute, Parade to All Saints Church and Civic Memorial Service. Please arrive by 2.20pm.