Armed forces

The armed forces community includes currently serving personnel, veterans, volunteers and regular reservists.

It also includes people who care for, depend on, or are close family members of these groups of people. The cadets and cadet force adult volunteers are also part of our armed forces community.

We've pledged to make sure that our armed forces community is supported in Barnsley. To do so, we've signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant. We've also achieved the Gold Award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

Remembrance events 2026

November 2026

Event	Date	Time	Location
Royal British Legion – Churchfields Branch – Festival of Remembrance event	Thursday 5 November 2026	7pm	St Mary's Church, Barnsley, S70 2AH
Great Houghton remembrance service	Friday 6 November 2026	10:30am	Great Houghton Methodist Chapel
Remembrance poppy trail	Saturday 7 November 2026	10am	Cawthorne Methodist Church, 9 Darton Road, Barnsley, S75 4HR
The Roses Remember	Saturday 7 November 2026	7pm	The seam (lower) car park, Barnsley, S70 2JW
Grimethorpe remembrance parade	Sunday 8 November 2026	9:15am	The Bullet, a club on Brierley Road
Barnsley Town Hall remembrance service	Sunday 8 November 2026	10:30am to 12pm	Church Street, Barnsley, S70 2TA
Great Houghton Methodist Chapel remembrance service	Sunday 8 November 2026	10:30am	Great Houghton Methodist Chapel, 15-17 High St, Barnsley S72 0AA
Hoyland remembrance service and parade	Sunday 8 November 2026	10:30am	Cemetery gates, half way up Kirk Balk
Dodworth remembrance Sunday, parade and service	Sunday 8 November 2026	10:35am	Dodworth War Memorial / Dodworth Miners’ Welfare and Thornley Arms
Penistone remembrance service and parade	Sunday 8 November 2026	10:45am	St John's Church, Market Square
Monk Bretton remembrance day	Sunday 8 November 2026	10:45am	Saint Paul’s Parish Church Monk Bretton, Burton Road, Barnsley
Remembrance service	Monday 9 November 2026	10am	Deangate Care Home, Towngate, Mapplewell, Barnsley, S75 6AT
Shaw Lane remembrance service	Tuesday 10 November 2026	10:30am	Shaw Lane Sports Club, Barnsley, S70 6HZ
Barnsley Town Hall remembrance service	Wednesday 11 November 2026	19:30am to 12pm	Church Street, Barnsley, S70 2TA