The Mayor of Barnet, Cllr Zahra Beg, laid a wreath at Hendon War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday. Armistice Day follows on 11 November in Friern Barnet.

The Mayor of Barnet, Cllr Zahra Beg, laid a wreath at Hendon War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday, 8 November, on behalf of the Mayoralty, Councillors and Burgesses, as services and parades took place across the borough. The council’s next act of remembrance is on Armistice Day, Wednesday 11 November, when the Mayor joins school children at St James the Great War Memorial in Friern Barnet.

The Leader of the Council and the leader of the opposition stood with her at Hendon, Barnet Council said, alongside members of the Armed Forces, veterans, cadets, the emergency services, multi-faith representatives, the Salvation Army Band and members of the public.

Pupils in green and grey school uniform watch as a boy lays a poppy wreath on the steps of Hendon War Memorial, with a London Fire Brigade engine and a crowd behind
School pupils lay a poppy wreath on the steps of Hendon War Memorial. Photo: supplied by Barnet Council

Services across the borough

Hendon was the borough’s main civic service, but it was one of many. The Deputy Mayor attended the service at East Barnet, and the Civic Ambassador represented the borough at Edgware. Former Mayors and other civic representatives laid Mayoral wreaths at remembrance events in communities across Barnet, the council said, “ensuring that the borough’s respects were paid at services large and small.”

Later on Sunday the Mayor joined a memorial service at Watling Community Centre in Edgware. Her first wreath of the week was laid on Friday 6 November at Finchley Memorial Hospital, at a service led by Barnet War Memorials Association.

A veteran in a beret salutes in front of Hendon War Memorial, its base ringed with poppy wreaths, as a large crowd stands behind
A veteran salutes the poppy wreaths laid around the base of Hendon War Memorial. Photo: supplied by Barnet Council

What the Mayor said

“It has been an honour to represent the borough as we remember all those who gave their lives for our peace and freedom,” Cllr Beg said. “Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day give us the chance to stand in silence and pay tribute to them. We must never forget what they sacrificed for us, and we will preserve their legacy for future generations. Lest we forget.”

A soldier in service dress salutes beside poppy wreaths at Hendon War Memorial, with the crowd, a fire engine and robed civic party behind him
A soldier salutes at Hendon War Memorial after the wreaths were laid. Photo: supplied by Barnet Council

Armistice Day on Wednesday

Three things happen on Wednesday 11 November:

  • St James the Great War Memorial, Friern Barnet: the Mayor joins school children to lay a wreath.
  • The Town Hall will be lit red for Armistice Day.
  • Chaville and Le Raincy, Barnet’s twin towns in France, hold their own Armistice Day services with wreaths the council has sent, as it does every year.

Other Armistice Day services in the borough, including the one on Church Green in High Barnet at 10.45am, are on our Remembrance in Barnet page. City Hall held its own service on Friday, which we reported here.

A veteran wearing medals and holding a walking stick stands before Hendon War Memorial, with the Salvation Army Band, clergy and the robed Mayor in the crowd behind
A veteran with his medals stands at Hendon War Memorial, with the Salvation Army Band to the right. Photo: supplied by Barnet Council

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