Dartmoor towns and villages prepare to mark Remembrance Sunday 2026
Residents across Dartmoor and surrounding areas will gather at war memorials and churches for annual acts of remembrance
Communities across Dartmoor and surrounding areas will come together on Sunday, November 8, to remember those who lost their lives in conflict.
Here are some of the confirmed events planned in and around Dartmoor this year.
Tavistock
Tavistock's annual Remembrance Sunday parade will assemble in Russell Street before making its way to the War Memorial, led by the Stannary Band.
The Royal British Legion branch is also running its annual Poppy Appeal, with collecting boxes in local shops, pubs and other outlets.
Local Scouts will also support the appeal with a poppy table at Tesco.
The evening before Remembrance Sunday, St Eustachius Church will host an evening of music and singing by Mount Kelly, with proceeds going to the Poppy Appeal.
Okehampton
Okehampton's Remembrance parade will assemble outside the Town Hall in Fore Street at 10.25am on Sunday, before setting off at 10.30am towards All Saints Parish Church and the War Memorial.
The service at the memorial is scheduled for 10.50am and will include the Last Post, two minutes' silence, Reveille and wreath-laying.
A church service will follow, led by Revd Claire Reynolds and Revd Jonathan Cook.
The parade will then return to Fore Street for the March Past, with the salute taken by the Town Mayor.
Central Devon MP Sir Mel Stride has also visited the town's Royal British Legion branch ahead of Remembrance Sunday, meeting volunteers and thanking them for their work supporting veterans and their families.
Ashburton
Ashburton's Remembrance Sunday parade will assemble at 9.45am before making its way to the Memorial Cross for the Act of Remembrance and wreath-laying ceremony.
The memorial stands at the junction of East Street and Dolbeare Road.
Bovey Tracey
Events in Bovey Tracey will begin at 9.30am with a parade from Abbey Road Car Park to the Church of Saints Peter, Paul and Thomas of Canterbury.
A church service, led by Revd Graham Hamilton, will start at 10am.
The Act of Remembrance and wreath-laying ceremony will follow at approximately 11am at the War Memorial beside the old Town Hall.
Groups expected to take part include Bovey Tracey Army Cadets, Scouts, Rangers, Guides, Brownies, the Boys' Brigade and Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service.
Chudleigh Knighton
The Remembrance service will begin inside the church at 10.45am on Sunday, November 8.
Weather permitting, wreaths will be laid outside at 11am.
Hennock
Hennock's Act of Remembrance will take place at the War Memorial at 10.45am on Sunday, followed by a procession to St Mary's Church for a short service.
Hennock Parish Council will lay wreaths on behalf of the parish, remembering those from Hennock and Teign Village who died in the two World Wars.
Moretonhampstead
Moretonhampstead's Remembrance service will take place at St Andrew's Church and the War Memorial on Sunday, November 8.
The service is scheduled to run from 10.50am, with the community gathering to remember those who lost their lives in conflict.
Buckfast Abbey
Buckfast Abbey will hold its Solemn Requiem Mass for Remembrance Sunday at 11am.
The Abbey Choir will perform Maurice Duruflé's setting of the Requiem.
Sunday’s service will also be available to watch online through the abbey's website and YouTube channel.
Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot's parade will assemble in Courtenay Street at 10am, setting off at 10.35am behind the Devonport Royal Naval Volunteer Band.
The service at the War Memorial in The Avenue will begin at 10.45am, with the Last Post at 10.58am and the two-minute silence at 11am.
Wreaths will be laid by civic representatives, the MP and the Royal British Legion, alongside members of the public.
Plymouth
Plymouth's main Remembrance Sunday service will take place on Plymouth Hoe, beginning with the two-minute silence at the Royal Naval Memorial at 11am.
The Bishop of Exeter, the Rt Revd Dr Mike Harris, will lead the service, with veterans, serving personnel, civic representatives and members of the public expected to attend.
Representatives of a visiting Brazilian Navy ship and the US Coastguard are also due to lay wreaths.
A further act of remembrance will take place at the Civilian Memorial in Lockyer Street.