Armed Forces Day flag raising on Monday next week

3:22 pm, Wednesday, 17th June 2026 - 2 weeks ago

General

The Armed Forces Day flags are due to be raised on Monday (22 June) ahead of a weekend of planned celebrations for Armed Forces Day.

Organised by the Armed Forces Major Events Team, the flag will be raised in Cleethorpes at the Knoll at the top of Knoll St, to mark the occasion at 11am. The service will be attended by people from across the armed forces community, veterans and the standards from lots of different armed forces organisations.

Residents are encouraged to attend the flag raising ceremony and show their support for the armed forces community at one of the events.

If you want to know more about the weekend of celebrations, visit www.afmet.co.uk where you can see the full timetable of events, as well as lots of other useful information.

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