Many Remembrance services were cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
This year services have returned with events taking place in Epping and across the county.
We've put together a round-up of events happening in the district on both Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday.
To mark the occasion, Epping Forest District Council will be lighting the Civic Offices red from Remembrance Day on Thursday, November 11 through to Remembrance Sunday on November 14.
Civic offices in Epping lit up in red last year.
Chairman of Council Helen Kane will be laying a wreath at Waltham Abbey War Memorial and attending services of remembrance at St Thomas’ Upshire and Waltham Abbey church on Remembrance Sunday.
Chairman of the Council, Cllr Helen Kane said:
"We unite across faiths, cultures and backgrounds to remember the service and sacrifice of the Armed Forces community from Britain and the Commonwealth and as a council Epping Forest District is proud to play its part every year.”
Loughton Town Council has worked closely with the Woodland Branch Essex Handicrafts Association to stage a befitting poppy display at Kings Green in advance of this Sunday’s Remembrance Parade.
The oak tree has been bedecked with cascading poppies which completely surround the tree trunk.
On Remembrance Sunday, veterans from the Royal British Legion, together with other community organisations will march down Church Hill, Loughton at 11.50 am to the war memorial at Kings Green.
The community will gather for a remembrance service at 12.15pm and various community groups and individuals will lay wreaths to pay respects to the fallen.
The Town Mayor, Councillor Rose Brookes will lay a wreath on behalf of Loughton Town Council.
On Thursday, 11 November at 11am at the war memorial, Loughton Town Council will lead a small service to commemorate Armistice Day.
The Deputy Town Mayor, cllr Barbara Cohen will conduct a short reading and there will be a two minute silence.
In Harlow, Armistice Day on Thursday 11 November will see the Council hold a small service outside the Civic Centre, which will include observing two minutes’ silence at 11am.
On Sunday the annual Remembrance Sunday service organised by Harlow Royal British Legion will be held at the Netteswell Memorial Cross in Harlow Town Park.
The service will start at 10.45am. School Lane will be closed to traffic between 10am and 12noon.
In the evening the Harlow Royal British Legion will be holding its Festival of Remembrance at the Playhouse from 7.30pm.
Tickets are £6 and available by calling 01279 431945 or visit
Armistice Day on Thursday 11 November will see Harlow Council hold a small service outside the Civic Centre, which will include observing two minutes’ silence at 11am. Armistice Day marks the day the First World War ended.
On Sunday 14 November 2021, the annual Remembrance Sunday service organised by Harlow Royal British Legion will be held at the Netteswell Memorial Cross in Harlow Town Park. The service will start at 10.45am. School Lane will be closed to traffic between 10am and 12noon.
In the evening the Harlow Royal British Legion will be holding its Festival of Remembrance at the Playhouse from 7.30pm. Tickets are £6 and available here.
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