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Putney’s Remembrance Sunday in pictures

Cadets, Scouts and Beavers stood at the front, and the priest closed with a request for the adults.

November 9, 2026

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Crowds gathered around the war memorial in Church Square for the two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday.

The roads around the memorial were closed before the parade arrived, and cadets, Scouts and Beavers stood in ranks at the front. The Revd Kieron Rowley, the associate priest who led the service, welcomed veterans, members of the Royal British Legion, civic guests and “the good people of Putney and the surrounding areas”.

Police officer on a closed road before the parade — The roads were closed before the parade arrived.

“It is wonderful to see so many here,” he said, “and so many, especially young people, representing different cadet forces, scouts, and other voluntary organisations.”

Crowd gathered around the war memorial in Church Square — The crowd around the war memorial in Church Square.

Crowd and cadets facing the war memorial — Cadets in ranks in front of the memorial.

As 11 approached, a member of the Royal British Legion read the Exhortation: “They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.” The Last Post sounded and the crowd fell silent for two minutes at 11, until Reveille. Then came the Kohima Epitaph, “When you go home, tell them of us and say: For your tomorrow, we gave our today”, and the laying of wreaths.

Clergy and civic guests at the war memorial — Clergy and civic guests face the memorial.

A soldier salutes at the war memorial as cadets look on — A soldier salutes as cadets look on.

Wide view of the Remembrance ceremony at the war memorial — The crowd, the cadets and the memorial.

A poppy wreath is laid on the war memorial — A poppy wreath is laid on the memorial by Fleur Anderson MP

The Mayor of Wandsworth at the war memorial — The Mayor of Wandsworth, Councillor Emmeline Owens, at the memorial.

Leader of Wandsworth Council, Robert Morritt, at the Memorial service

Scouts in ranks at the Remembrance ceremony — Scouts in ranks during the ceremony.

Army cadets salute at the war memorial — Army cadets salute at the memorial.

They piled up at the foot of the memorial: from the Sea Cadet Corps, the Beavers, Rotary and the Conservatives, among others, and one with Parliament’s portcullis badge at its centre. The memorial itself carries no names.

Poppy wreaths laid on the war memorial — Wreaths from the Beavers, Rotary and the Conservatives.

Sea Cadet Corps wreath on the war memorial — The Sea Cadet Corps wreath.

The crowd leaves the war memorial after the silence — The crowd moves off after the silence.

Inside St Mary’s

After the hymn, everyone was invited to follow the clergy into St Mary’s for the service, and two-thirds of the crowd did, at a rough count.

Fleur Anderson, the MP for Putney, read from the Wisdom of Solomon. The Mayor of Wandsworth, Councillor Emmeline Owens, read from the first letter to the Thessalonians. Three choirs sang: St Mary’s junior and adult choirs, and the Putney Choristers from Putney High School. Their anthems included Purcell’s “Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts” and John Ireland’s “Greater Love Hath No Man”.

The congregation inside St Mary's Church — The congregation inside St Mary’s.

The Mayor of Wandsworth reads at the service — The Mayor reads at the service.

A reading during the Remembrance service at St Mary's — A reading during the service.

The Royal British Legion’s Putney branch standard was presented at the front of the church, and a retired army officer gave an address on a single soldier.

The Royal British Legion Putney Branch standard in St Mary's — The Royal British Legion’s Putney branch standard at the front of the church.

Kieron Rowley closed the service with a word about the young people in uniform. He is chaplain to the Wandsworth, Chelsea and Fulham Sea Cadets. “I am very biased to the sea cadets as their chaplain,” he said, adding that he was sure the others were just as fine. “All these wonderful uniformed organisations teach a wonderful lesson about community service.”

He told any young person inspired by the uniforms to ask questions. Any adult who believed in what the groups teach, he said, should look at one “if you have a few hours spare in your week”.