Order of Service

Remembrance Sunday service at Shaw's Corner War Memorial, Redhill

Sunday 8 November 2026

Opening prayer

We meet in the presence of God. We commit ourselves to work in penitence and faith for reconciliation between the nations, that all people may, together, live in freedom, justice, and peace. We pray for all who in bereavement, disability and pain continue to suffer the consequences of fighting and terror. We remember with thanksgiving and sorrow those whose lives, in world wars and conflicts past and present, have been given and taken away.

Reading by Cllr Nick Harrison, Mayor of Reigate & Banstead

Peace, I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. (John 14.27)

The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace. (James 3.17-18)

Act of Remembrance

Let us remember before God and commend to his love, men and women of all nations who have died as a result of war. We remember all who have given their lives in the service of humankind for freedom, justice, and the hope of peace.

Parade Commander Captain Evan Sidwells, 4th Battalion, Princess of Wales Royal Regiment will call the Parade to Attention.

The Exhortation

Spoken by Mr Adam Chase, Redhill United Reformed Church

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn,
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning.
We will remember them.
All: We will remember them.

The Last Post

Two minutes silence.

Revielle

Kohima Epitaph

Spoken by Mr Adam Chase, Redhill United Reformed Church

When you go home,
Tell them of us,
And say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today.

Prayers

Read by Reverend Doug Ross and Reverend Siobhan Antoniou, Redhill United Reformed Church

Ever-living God we remember those whom you have gathered from the storm of war into the peace of your presence; may that same peace calm our fears, bring justice to all peoples, and establish harmony among the nations, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
All: Amen

Let us pray for all who suffer as a result of conflict and ask that God may give us peace: for the service men and women who have died in the violence of war, each one remembered by and known to God.
May God give peace:
All: God give peace.

for those who love them in death as in life, offering the distress of our grief and the sadness of our loss.
May God give peace;
All: God give peace.

for all members of the armed forces who are in danger this day, remembering family, friends and all who pray for their safe return.
May God give peace;
All: God give peace.

for civilian women, children, and men whose lives are disfigured by war or terror, calling to mind in penitence the anger and hatreds of humanity.
May God give peace;
All: God give peace.

for peacemakers and peacekeepers, who seek to keep this world secure and free.
May God give peace;
All: God give peace.

for all who bear the burden and privilege of leadership, political, military, and religious; asking for gifts of wisdom and resolve in the search for reconciliation and peace.
May God give peace;
All: God give peace.

O God of truth and justice, we hold before you those whose memory we cherish, and those whose names we will never know. Help us to lift our eyes above the torment of this broken world and grant us the grace to pray for those who wish us harm. As we honour the past, may we put our faith in your future; for you are the source of life and hope, now and for ever.
All: Amen.

Eternal Father, Strong to Save (by William Whiting)

Performed by the Allegra Concert Band

(All to sing)

Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm does bind the restless wave,
Who bids the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
O hear us when we cry to Thee 
For those in peril on the sea.

O Saviour, whose almighty word
The winds and waves submissive heard,
Who walked upon the foaming deep,
And calm amid the rage did sleep;
O hear us when we cry to Thee 
For those in peril on the sea.

O Holy Spirit, who did brood
Upon the waters dark and rude,
And bid their angry tumult cease,
And give for wild confusion peace;
O hear us when we cry to Thee 
For those in peril on the sea.

O Trinity of love and pow'r,
Your children shield in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire, and foe,
Protect them where-so-e'er they go;
Thus, evermore shall rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.

The Lord's Prayer

(All join in)

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.

Wreaths are laid at the War Memorial

Wreaths will be laid by representatives of the Civic Party, Armed Forces, Ex-Service Associations, Uniformed Public Services, Uniformed Voluntary services, Cadet Forces, Youth organisations, Political parties, Community organisations, Charities and individuals laying personal wreaths.

Civic Party

• Office of the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey
• The Mayor of Reigate & Banstead
• Surrey Police
• Reigate & Banstead Borough Council, Chief Executive 
• Surrey County Council
• The Conservative Association, The Green Party, and the Redhill & Reigate peace group
• Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment 4th Battalion 

Mustered

• Royal Naval Association and the Reigate Sea Cadets
• Surrey Fire and Rescue Service
• St. John's Ambulance, Air Ambulance Kent, Surrey & Sussex and Casualties Union
• Air Training Corps, 135 (Reigate & Redhill) Squadron, Surrey Army Cadet Force and Reigate Grammar School CCF
• Reigate District Scouts Groups
• Reigate Brownies
• The Liberal Democrats Party, The Labour Party and Reform UK
• Redhill United Reformed Church and Redhill Baptist Church
• Reigate Business Guild, Redhill Business Guild, and the Belfry Shopping Centre
• The Surrey Freemasons
• Rotary Club of Redhill Redstone and Redstone WI
• Age Concern Merstham, Reigate & Redhill
• Personal wreaths

Act of Commitment

Let us commit ourselves to responsible living and faithful service.

Will you strive for all that makes for peace?
All: We will

Will you seek to heal the wounds of war?
All: We will

Will you work for a just future for all humanity?
All: We will

Merciful God, we offer to you the fears in us that have not yet been cast out by love. May we accept the hope you have placed in the hearts of all people, and live lives of justice, courage and mercy; through Jesus Christ our risen redeemer.
All: Amen

Parade Commander will call the Parade to Attention.

National Anthem

(All join in)

God save our gracious King,
Long live our noble King, God Save the King!
Send him victorious, happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us; God Save the King!

Blessing

God grant to the living, grace, to the departed, rest, to the Church, the King, the Commonwealth and all people, unity, peace, and concord,
and to us and all God's servants, life everlasting;
and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always.
All: Amen