The Merchant Navy Association Events Calendar

27 June - Armed Forces Day National

11 July - National Council Meeting, GWRSA Club, Station Approach, Temple Meads, Bristol
12 July - Sea Sunday National
19 July - Sea Sunday Parade and Service, Falmouth
31 July - Bristol Harbour Festival Bristol

August 7th - MNABC AGM, Rye Harbour Sailing Club, Rye
August 20th - Anniversary of the MNA - Branch events

3 September - Merchant Navy Day National
3 September - Merchant Navy Day - Garden of Remembrance Redcar
3 September - Merchant Navy Day Service, Town Hall, Dover
3 September - Unveiling of RNLI Memorial, Poole
6 September - Merchant Navy Day Commemorative Service & Reunion, Tower Hill London
A band of HM Royal Marines will lead the parade of Merchant Navy Standards and Standards of other Associations, followed by serving and retired Merchant Seafarers with other Organisations, leaving Mark Lane (Great Tower Street) for Trinity Square Gardens at 12.30 hours. The Principal Guest will take the salute upon arrival of the Parade in Trinity Square Gardens. The multi-faith Commemorative Service and wreath-laying will be held at the Merchant Navy Memorial. This Annual service is held on the Sunday in September nearest to Merchant Navy Day, 3rd September, in memory of Merchant Seafarers who died in World Wars I & II and in conflicts up to the present day. After the Service, a "Sea of Red Ensigns" organised by the Sailors’ Society, will be placed in the lawn of the Sunken Garden, in memory of lost Merchant Seafarers.
Parade assembled at Mark Lane: 12.15 hours
Parade starts: 12.30 hours
Venue: Merchant Navy Memorial, Trinity Square Gardens, Tower Hill, London EC3N 4AA
Nearest Tube Station: Tower Hill
Nearest Rail Stations: Fenchurch Street and Tower Gateway (DLR)
Attendance Information: Everyone is invited to attend. Medals may be worn
Contact: T M Brant, National Secretary, Merchant Navy Association. Tel: 01472 851130. E:mail: mna.national@virgin.net
6 September - Merchant Navy Veterans, Parade, Sea Front Redcar
12 Setember - MNA Bristol - Dock Cottage "Open Day" Bristol
27 September - National Maritime Day National
28 September - Liberty Ships Day National

14 October - Annual National Seafarers’ Service, St Pauls Cathedral London
15 October - British Maritime Charitable Federation Service, All-Hallows London
21 October - Trafalgar Day National
24 October - Annual General Meeting, BUSC, Gough Street Birmingham

November - Arctic Convoy Veterans' Reception London
November - Garden of Remembrance, Westminster Abbey London
7 November - Festival of Remembrance, Albert Hall London
8 November - Remembrance Sunday National
8 November - Remembrance events - Cenotaph, Tower Hill, St Pauls & Westminster Abbey London
11 November - Remembrance Day National