On 11 November, the Lord Mayor of Oxford, Councillor Lubna Arshad, will hold a short service in the Town Hall for Armistice Day.
The service will remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.to secure and protect our freedoms.
Residents and visitors of all faiths are most welcome to attend. The service will be available to watch on the City Council's YouTube channel.
Remembrance Sunday
The Lord Mayor will also represent the City Council at the Remembrance Sunday service in St Giles, on 12 November, starting at 10:45am. The service will be conducted by the City Rector, the Reverend Anthony Buckley.
The Lord Mayor will be joined by the Lord-Lieutenant, multi-faith leaders from across the city, representatives from the University of Oxford, Oxford Brookes University, Oxfordshire County Council, Thames Valley Police, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue, the Royal British Legion and Help for Heroes.
Representatives from Oxford’s twin cities will be in attendance, along with military units, uniformed organisations, community groups, civic dignitaries, residents and visitors from across the county.
They will assemble from 10am at the junction of Beaumont Street and St Giles' and then proceed along St Giles’. They will be followed by the civic procession which will depart from St John’s College at 10:40am.
There will be a two-minute silence at 11am.
This year the service will be interpreted in British Sign Language. If members of the public require BSL interpretation, the interpreter will be located on the junction of St Giles and Woodstock Road to the west of the dais.
After the service, the Lord-Lieutenant and the civic party will move to St John’s College to take the salute as the military and Royal British Legion march past.
A commemoration in Grenoble
Following an invitation from Oxford’s twin city of Grenoble, Councillor Susan Brown, the Leader of Oxford City Council, will not be at this year’s commemorations in the city as she, accompanied by Councillor Alex Hollingsworth, will be representing Oxford at a Remembrance event in Grenoble.
This year Grenoble will be commemorating the anniversary of the deportation of many of their Jewish citizens following the Nazi occupation of the city on 11 November 1943. The Grenoble Remembrance Ceremony will include a tribute to those deported on 11 November 1943, an Armistice ceremony, and the presentation of the Médaille de la Ville to Vincent Malerba, the last person to be deported in November 1943.
Councillors Brown and Hollingsworth are entirely funding the trip themselves; no expenses are being paid by the City Council.
Comment
“I want to highlight the importance of annually observing Remembrance Sunday in honour of those who sacrificed their lives in past conflicts for the preservation of our freedoms.”
“Recognising the vulnerability of peace, she added: “We must make sustained efforts in fostering harmony among our diverse communities and stress the imperative of global solidarity. I want to call for the cessation of all forms of injustice and persecution, regardless of their origin."
Councillor Lubna Arshad, the Lord Mayor of Oxford
Road closures
Road closures will be in place for:
- Banbury Road from its junction with Parks Road to its junction with St Giles
- Beaumont Street from its junction with St John Street to its junction with St Giles
- Keble Road
- Magdalen Street East and West
- St Giles will be closed from 12.01am to 2pm on Sunday 12 November
Parking will be suspended in St Giles’ during the Remembrance Sunday event.
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