East Sussex Commemorations to mark Remembrance Sunday

Remembrance Services will take place across the county to remember those who lost their lives in the world wars and in conflicts since.

In Eastbourne commemoratios will take place on 8 November.

Led by representatives from the military, ex-service personnel, emergency services and other organisations, the procession will start from Terminus Road precinct at 10.25am before moving along Cornfield Road to the War Memorial.

On arrival they will be joined by civic dignitaries, who will lead a parade from the Town Hall at 10.30am to the War Memorial, where the service will begin.

A thanksgiving service will be accompanied by musicians from the Eastbourne Citadel Salvation Army Band and the Scottish Pipe Band. The service will include a two-minute silence at 11am and the official wreath-laying.

The service concludes with a parade by ex-military personnel along South Street.

In Lewes, there is a parade from the High Street to the War Memorial from 2pm. Wreath laying will be at the War Memorial at 2.35pm followed by a service at St Michael's.

Hastings' Act of Remembrance to commemorate and remember those lost in conflict will be taking place at the war memorial in Alexandra Park at 11am on Sunday 8 November.

At 10.40am, the Civic Parade with organisations and uniformed groups will make its way from the Town Hall, along Queens Road, towards the park. 

At the park, there will be a service, wreath laying and a march past, then the Parade will re-form and make its way back to the Town Hall. 

The Veterans Hub (45 Robertson St, Hastings, TN34 1HL) will be open to all for a social gathering following the event.

In Seaford, the town’s Remembrance Day Commemoration Ceremony will take place on Sunday 8 November 2026 at Seaford War Memorial, Sutton Road, from 10.30am.

The Commonwealth Service of Remembrance will take place on Tuesday 10 November 2026 at Seaford Cemetery, Alfriston Road, from 10.30am.

On Sunday in Uckfield At 10:30hrs a short ceremony of remembrance will be held at the Eugene Seghers Memorial, by Highlands Inn in New Town. Eugene was a heroic Belgian fighter pilot who, in July 1944, sacrificed his life by diverting a German doodlebug away from Uckfield, saving many local lives.