COMMUNITIES are preparing to fall silent to honour the fallen.

In York, Railway Chaplain Rev Angela Levitt-Harwood and Tom Hanham, of Virgin East Coast, will lead today’s Act of Remembrance service at 10.50am at the North Eastern Railway War Memorial.

Representatives will be there from train operating companies, Network Rail, British Transport Police and the Royal British Legion. They will lay wreaths in remembrance of local railway workers who died in both world wars.

In Pocklington, the Armistice Day Act of Remembrance will be at the World War 1 Memorial at Brass Castle Hill, while in Pickering, a service will be held in the Market Place at 11am.

On Sunday, military and ex-service personnel will march from Stonegate, York, at 10.30am through the city, supported by the Royal British Legion and other Regimental standards. The Service of Remembrance will be held at the Cenotaph in Memorial Gardens at 11am.

Other services include: Poppleton: Joint Act of Remembrance at War Memorial, 10.50am. Selby: Procession leaves the Community Centre, Scott Road, 9.30am, joined by motorcyclists, fundraising for the Royal British Legion. Wreath-laying at Selby Park and within the Abbey Grounds by the RAF 51 Squadron. Remembrance Service at Selby Abbey from 10am. Pocklington: Remembrance Sunday Parade marches from Railway Street at 2.15pm, to the World War 1 Memorial for the first Act of Remembrance, then to the World War II Memorial Garden for the second Act of Remembrance, with Service of Remembrance in All Saints Church. Birdsall: St Mary’s Church, 10.30am. Helmsley: All Saints Church. Hovingham: villagers will dedicate a new Memorial Stone as part of the service at 10.40am at All Saints Church. Kirkbymoorside: 10.40am, march from Moorside Club to the War Memorial at All Saints Church for a service and wreath-laying. Malton: Service and wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial, at 11am. Norton: Service at St Peter’s Church, at 9.45am with wreath-laying. Pickering: Service at the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, 2pm, then a parade to the War Memorial on Bridge Street for a service and wreath laying. Thornton-le-Dale: Service at All Saints Church at 10.45am.

First York is offering free bus travel for serving troops, veterans and cadets (in uniform or with valid identification) on Sunday.

Marc Bichtemann, managing director, said: “Remembrance Day is an incredibly important occasion for many people to show their support, or remember family members, friends and others who have been lost in military service.

"There will be many events and services taking place locally where people, communities and organisations around the area can visit to show their respect. As a supporter of our communities, we want to make it as easy as possible for people to attend local events on this important day.”