Montreuil: Remembrance – Programme for Wednesday 11 November 2026
The Remembrance Event initiated some years ago by Paul and Lalage Glaister; forms part of the programme
of events in Montreuil that day. This year, on Wednesday 11th November at 10:00h there will be short
wreath-laying ceremony at the statue of Field Marshal Douglas Haig in the main square in Montreuil. The
Mayor of Montreuil, M Pierre Ducrocq, will be in attendance, together with standard bearers from the
Anciens Combattants and members of the Town Band. Lalage and I will lay wreaths and make short addresses
in respectively English and French. All are welcome to attend!

9:30am – Moment of remembrance at the cemetery’s Wall of Remembrance.
10:00am – Commemorative ceremony and wreath-laying at the statue of Marshal Douglas Haig, Place du Général-de-Gaulle.
11:00am – Mass at Saint-Saulve Abbey Church.
12:00a – Gathering at Place Gambetta, followed by a procession accompanied by the municipal band.
2:10-12:30pm Further tributes at military memorials, ending at the war memorial on Place Darnétal.