Ipswich’s Poppy Appeal will be launched at the Town Hall by the Mayor this Saturday (26thOctober) at 11.45am.

Hamil Clarke MBE will be joined by Robin Vickery, Chairman of the local branch of the Royal British Legion. They will accompany veterans to the Poppy Appeal Shop in Tower Ramparts Shopping Centre while a pipe and drum band play. The Mayor will cut a ribbon at the shop to mark the launch of the appeal.

Eddie King, of the Ipswich Lions, will present a cheque to the Royal British Legion at the Town Hall.

The Mayor said: “The Poppy Appeal is a key date in the Ipswich calendar as it starts the remembrance commemorations. We must never forget the valour shown by our Armed Forces, many of whom paid the supreme sacrifice for their families and their country.”

Issued by the IBC press office, tel: 01473 432031