This ceremony also marks the 10th anniversary of the memorial’s unveiling. Inscribed with the words “Remembering the Forgotten,” the memorial was created by the Nubian Jak Community Trust, endorsed by Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and permanently installed on Windrush Day 2017.
The event will include representation from High Commissioners, MPs, veterans, military personnel, and special guests.
A Minute’s Silence will precede the Last Post and a Military March past the memorial. Following this, a public wreath-laying ceremony will invite community groups, organisations, and members of the public to pay their respects to those who fought for our freedom.
Of the 17.3 million service personnel who served in both World Wars it is estimated that 2 million were drawn from Africa and the Caribbean.
This annual event is organised by the Nubian Jak Community Trust in partnership with the West Indian Association of Service Personnel (WASP), the Black Cultural Archives, Friends of Windrush Square and supported by the Ministry of Defence and Lambeth Council.
There will also be a series of public Remembrance Services and Wreath Laying Ceremonies across Lambeth Sunday 10 November:
- Stockwell (Clock) War Memorial Gardens, next to Stockwell Underground Station, from 10.45am
- Albert Carr Gardens War Memorial, on the corner of the High Road and Streatham Common Northside, from 10.30am
- Kennington Park War Memorial, Kennington Park, the gate to the memorial will be open for those wishing to lay a wreath, from 11am
- The S.O.E Agents Monument, Lambeth Palace Road, on a grassed area between Lambeth Palace and the River Thames, from 10.30am
- International Peace Parade at the African & Caribbean War Memorial Brixton Cenotaph in Windrush Square, from 1.50pm
- Vincennes War Memorial, Vincennes Estate in Hamilton Road from 3pm
