For the seventh year, the Maritime Volunteer Service (MVS) Northumbria Unit will lead a small procession of vessels up the River Tyne to take part in the two-minute silence at 11am on Sunday 10 November.
A special wreath will be placed into the river. Hundreds of shoppers at the busy Newcastle Quayside Market and Millennium Bridge are expected to watch the moving tribute.
Other river users including Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, Red Seal Rescue, St Peters Marina, small boat users and representatives from the Northumbrian Fishing Heritage Trust will take part with their boats to pay their respects.
The Parade starts at 10.35am at Ouseburn and will be led by the MVS vessel Northumberland Freemason. The parade will sail up to the Swing Bridge and head down river to a point just West of the Millennium Bridge where the wreath will be laid.
Angela Carrington, Head of Unit Northumbria MVS said: “Our tribute to the fallen attracts more people each year and we are proud to pay our respects in this unique way. The best vantage points will be near and on the Millennium Bridge.”
The Maritime Volunteer Service is a uniformed, voluntary organisation, founded in 1994 with full charitable statuswith its patron beingHRH Prince Michael of Kent.
The organisation has more than 30 active units spread around the UK coastline at major port & river areas, with more units planned. Northumbria Unit is based in Benton and St Peter’s Marina
The aim of the MVS is to keep the country’s maritime traditions alive. Practical training in seamanship, small boat handling, engineering and communications helps to achieve this.
Membership is open to both men & women irrespective of ethnic origin or disability from the age of 18.
New members are always welcome – no experience necessary.
For more information on the MVS please contact
Keith Newman 07814 397951
Interviews available
Photo shows MVS Northumberland Freemason