PEOPLE from around the Vale will remember those who died for their country in the two world wars and later conflicts this weekend.

The Royal British Legion and local churches are organising services for residents to pay their respects to servicemen and women, who fell in conflicts around the World, on Remembrance Sunday.

This year members from the Pershore Royal British Legion, Evesham and Sedgeberrow will remember the servicemen and women of this country and the Commonwealth.

A parade will gather in the High Street in car park at 10.20am on Sunday, November 13 moving off at 10.30am.

They will march to the Abbey through High Street, Church Walk and Church Row.

The service in the Abbey commences at 10.55am conducted by Rev Kenneth Crawford, Father John Walsh and Rev Mark Fairweather Tall, Honorary Padres to the Pershore Branch.

Ken Jefferies, chairman from the Pershore branch said: "It's very important to remember those that have died, wars still carry on and its important to remember those that have gone."

Towards the end of the service wreaths will be laid on the War Memorial by representatives of Wychavon District Council, Pershore Town council, a serving officer, and ex-service organisations. The Branch President will follow tradition and lay the Poppy Cross, a poppy for each name on the war memorial.

Sedgeberrow British legion will also hold a remembrance service at St Peters church at Hinton-on-the-Green on Sunday, November 13 at 3pm.

Standards will also attend at Sedgeberrow in the morning when the village wreath will be laid after 9am service.

The Branch Annual General meeting will be held in the Betteridge Room, Sedgeberrow village hall at 8pm on Monday, November 14.

Badsey Royal British Legion will be holding a special auction with all proceeds going towards the poppy appeal on Saturday, November 12 at 8pm.

The Evesham branch will also be marking this event by marching through the town with bands, girl guides and Army cadets.

The legion will then meet at Abbey park at 11am where they will hold a two-minute silence.

Member of the Evesham British Royal Legion Roy Bates said: "I would just ask everyone to donate to the poppy appeal where they can see a tin."