LJMU marks Remembrance 2024

Students and staff have marked Remembrance 2024 by supporting the Royal British Legion’s (RBL) Poppy Appeal and taking part in acts of remembrance.

Fundraising

Members of the LJMU community supported the fundraising efforts of the RBL for their annual Poppy Appeal with students and staff volunteering to support fundraising activity in Liverpool city centre in the weeks leading up to Remembrance Sunday.

The charity is a Corporate Fellow of LJMU and in the past the university has worked with them to conduct research to benefit veterans and their families and, through its ongoing commitment to supporting the Armed Forces community, is looking at ways to continue working in partnership with the charity for the benefit of those communities.

Remembrance Sunday

Students from the North West University Officer Training Regiment, as well as staff and student reservists and veterans, joined the city’s annual service of Remembrance on Sunday 10 November - the largest Remembrance Day event outside London. 

LJMU students from the Liverpool University Air Squadron took part in the Remembrance Sunday parade in Southport and students from the University Royal Naval Unit (Liverpool) supported activities in Birkenhead and Market Drayton.

A moment of silence

On Monday 11 November, Armistice Day, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mark Power, and LJMU’s Armed Forces Champion, Dr Gus Ryrie, led a two-minute silence on campus with members of staff and students.

The pair then laid a wreath at the Cenotaph outside St George’s Hall.

LJMU’s support for the Armed Forces community

LJMU signed the Armed Forces Covenant in 2021. Since then, it has appointed its first Armed Forces Champion and formed a cross-university Armed Forces Steering Group, which brings together colleagues across all factions of the university to drive forwards everything from research to HR policy development, all with the aim of better supporting students and staff from the Armed Forces community and creating positive change for the community across the UK.

In August 2024, LJMU was awarded gold status under the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme in acknowledgement of the work being undertaken in support of the Armed Forces Covenant.

Find out more about LJMU’s pledge to the Armed Forces community.