Leicestershire organisations asked to light up buildings in red to mark Remembrance

A service to mark Armistice and to pay tribute to all those who lost their lives in conflict is being held at County Hall on Friday, 10 November.

The County Hall headquarters of Leicestershire County Council is being lit up in red to mark Remembrance and to support the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal 2023.

The building will be illuminated each night from Saturday 28 October until Remembrance Sunday on 12 November

Now the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire, Mike Kapur OBE, is calling on organisations across the county and city to light up their own buildings in tribute.

Mike Kapur OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire, said: "Once again this year, we are calling on organisations across the city and county to light up their buildings in red as an eye-catching way to honour those who gave their lives in conflict. I hope that by illuminating some of our buildings in this way, it will provide a simple but powerful expression of our community’s support for the Poppy Appeal."
 
A service to mark Armistice and to pay tribute to all those who lost their lives in conflict is being held at County Hall on Friday, 10 November.

The short service will take place at the Stand Easy memorial, beginning at 10.45am, and will incorporate the laying of wreaths and a two-minute silence at 11am.

Dignitaries taking part in the service include the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire Mike Kapur OBE, Chairman of Leicestershire County Council Dr Kevin Feltham and Leader Nick Rushton.

They will be joined by representatives of the Royal British Legion, serving members of the armed forces and cadets, as well as 30 pupils from the Hall Primary School in Glenfield. The service will be led by Revd Ludger Fremmer, Rector of St Wilfrid’s Church, Kibworth.