The Battle of Worcester will be commemorated this weekend through a series of events.

To mark the 370th anniversary, a battle re-enactment, banquet, and remembrance service will take place between Friday September 3 and Sunday 5.

The triad of events are being run by the Battle of Worcester Society.

Vice chairman Daniel Daniels provides a bit of history on the important event in the city’s history.

He said: “The 3rd September 2021 will mark the 370th anniversary of the Battle of Worcester, and also the end of the nine year English Civil War. The first battle or skirmish was fought on Powick Bridge, Worcester on 23rd September 1642 and the last battle was on the streets of Worcester on 3rd September 1651.

“Charles Stuart, later to be King Charles II, arrived with a Scottish army of 16,000 on 22nd August 1651, but was defeated by Oliver Cromwell’s 28,000 army on 3rd September 1651.

“3,000 Royalists and 200 Parliamentarians were said to have been killed in the battle.”

In his book, The English Civil War, Giles Kristian wrote: “The English Civil War killed a higher proportion of the British population than any other war in British history. One in ten of the male population died, more than three times the proportion that died in World War I, and five times the proportion than in World War II.”

The anniversary events begin on Friday with the Drumhead service of remembrance, which begins at 4.40pm at the Cornmarket and comes to an end, following a parade, at 7.30pm at the commandery.

The service is free for all to attend.

On Saturday a banquet is being held at Guildhall where guests will be provided with wine, canapes, a three-course meal as well as tea and coffee.

MP Nigel Evans, deputy speaker of the House of Commons, will be leading a talk on William Lenthall, who was the speaker during the English Civil War.

The weekend will culminate with a living history camp and battle re-enactment at Worcester Woods Country Park which takes place on Saturday and Sunday from 10am till 4pm.