Armed Forces Week is a chance for people to show their support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community: from currently serving troops to Service families, veterans, reservists and cadets.
On Monday, 21 June at 11 am Armed Forces Day flags were raised at a flag-raising ceremony in City Park. It was a small ceremony led by The Dean of Bradford, the very reverend Dean Jerry Lepine and The Lord Mayor of Bradford Cllr Shabir Hussain.
To mark the end of Armed Forces Week and Armed Forces Day there will be a multi-faith service of remembrance on Saturday, 26 June. The service will include elements of the annual Drumhead Service and the Bradford Pals’ service. It will be held at Bradford Cathedral and unfortunately, due to the recent announcement in the delay of the lifting of lockdown restrictions it will be invited guests only but it will be live-streamed on the Bradford Cathedral YouTube channel from 11 am on Saturday, 26 June.
City Hall Clock Tower and other buildings in the city centre will be lit up in red, white and blue from Monday, 21 June until Sunday, 27 June in honour of all our armed forces personnel.
Usually, the Council holds a special lunch at City Hall for veterans and invited guests, however, due to the coronavirus pandemic this has been cancelled and will not take place this year.
