Remembrance 2026
Remember the fallen. Be there for those who still need our help.
This Remembrance, we’re stepping up our efforts to recognise those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and to ensure that today's veterans are brought closer to peace.
More than 50 of us will be paying our respects alongside 10,000 other veterans at the National Service of Remembrance on Sunday 8 November at the Cenotaph Parade in London.
As we honour the service and sacrifice of those who defended our freedoms, we also recognise the challenges veterans, and their families still face today - from life-changing injuries to mental trauma and isolation long after leaving service.
Remembrance is a poignant time for us all, but it can be especially challenging for veterans. It may remind them of friends and family they have lost, as well as the camaraderie of military life they once shared.
It also marks the start of a difficult season.
For many veterans and families, winter makes it harder to hold onto peace. As the nights draw in, difficult memories and the pressures of Christmas can make winter one of the hardest times of the year.
We know that peace after service looks different for each veteran. But they all deserve to find it. This Remembrance, we ask all of you to help us bring peace closer for veterans.
What remembrance means to our veterans
John and Sue have been supported by the Charity and will be part of our contingent taking part in the Remembrance Parade at the Cenotaph in London. Here's what the opportunity to take part means to them.
John
John will be laying the wreath at the Cenotaph memorial on Remembrance Sunday on behalf of Help for Heroes.
He spent 34 years as an infantry soldier, serving with the Devonshire and Dorset Infantry Regiment. He later enlisted in the Territorial Army, serving with the Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment before joining the Royal Engineers bomb disposal squad.
He was injured in a blast in Northern Ireland during the 1980s and has since developed primary progressive multiple sclerosis which is now at an advanced stage.
Remembrance Sunday will be a sombre occasion as I won’t just be thinking about my grandad, but also those I served with and those I have lost over the years.”
Veteran
During the Second World War, his grandfather, Lesley, was killed in northern France a few days after surviving the D-Day landings in 1944.
John said: “My grandfather has inspired me over the years, especially when life has got tough – not just when I served but also with my health as MS has taken away my independence.
“This will be my second time attending the parade on Remembrance Sunday with Help for Heroes and I am incredibly honoured to have been asked to lay a wreath on behalf of the Charity,” said John.
John is part of the ‘very seriously injured’ group supported by Help for Heroes – who have all suffered life-changing injuries as a result of service and need 24-hour care.
Sue
Remembrance Sunday will be particularly poignant for Sue, a former Royal Navy nurse living in Belfast, this year.
Following in the footsteps of her grandmother, Audley Curson, who served in the First and Second World Wars, Sue joined the Queen Alexanda's Royal Naval Nursing Service in 1977.
She served in the Falklands conflict in 1982 and did two tours of Afghanistan and had first-hand experience of treating the wounded during these conflicts.
Her grandmother's brother Stanley Curson enlisted in the Norfolk Regiment in January 1916. He was killed in Palestine in April 1917 at the age of 19, a year and 86 days after he enlisted. Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire and a major battleground for the German-Ottoman forces and the British-led forces. He is buried in Gaza.
I'll feel proud because I'll be representing Help for Heroes, and pride for my grandmother's contribution in the First and Second World Wars.”
Veteran
We know that peace after service looks different for each veteran. But they all deserve to find it. This Remembrance, we ask all of you to help us bring peace closer for veterans.