The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) on Canwick Hill, Lincoln, holds its Annual Service of Remembrance at the Memorial at 10.30am on Sunday 8th November 2026. The service is free to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What happens at the service<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The service includes hymns accompanied by the IBCC Orchestra and Choir, poetry readings and a Roll of Honour for veterans who have died during the past year. A wreath laying follows the service. Anyone wishing to lay a wreath should contact the IBCC in advance through the event page on its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where it is<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The IBCC is at Canwick Avenue, Lincoln LN4 2HQ, on the ridge south of the city, where the Spire and the Walls of Names look across to Lincoln Cathedral. For enquiries call 01522 514755.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coastal Command lecture, Thursday 5th November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier in the week, on Thursday 5th November, the IBCC’s Lecture and Supper series presents An Overview of Coastal Command, tracing its origins after the First World War and its roles in peace and war up to the present day. The evening begins at 6.30pm; booking details are on the IBCC website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Armistice Day always falls on 11th November, marking the moment the First World War’s fighting stopped at 11am in 1918. Remembrance Sunday falls on the second Sunday of November, when communities across the country honour British and Commonwealth service personnel from both World Wars and later conflicts.In Lincolnshire, Bomber County, those commemorations carry particular weight, and the IBCC is one of the most moving places to mark them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n