This year’s Armed Forces Day is to be held on Saturday, June 30.

This is the fourth year Armed Forces Day will take place. It is designed to boost public support and appreciation of all those who serve and have served in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces, the serving personnel, veterans and cadets.

Plymouth City Council will host the 2012 national event and, as with previous years, this will be complemented by a variety of community-led events in towns and cities across the UK. This year Bradford will hold a Drumhead service. Association standard bearers are invited to attend, and there will also be a concert on the stage in Centenary Square. This year there will not be a Veterans village.

Other activities to mark Armed Forces Day this year include: Fly the Flag for our Armed Forces – Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, together with the regional governments in England and every local authority in the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, will again be invited to fly an Armed Forces Day flag. Authorities will be invited to hold a simple flag ceremony on Monday, June 25.

Uniform to Work Day – As with previous years, it is intended to hold a Uniform to Work Day on Wednesday, June 27.

Wear your Veterans Badge to Work – In parallel with Uniform to Work Day, all veterans are encouraged to wear their Veterans Badges on June 27.

Diary dates: Today, The Royal Naval Association meets at 20.00hrs at Feversham Street Sea Cadets HQ; The Royal Marines Association meets at 19.30hrs at West Bowling Working Men’s Club. Wednesday, The Coldstream Guards Association meets at 1930hrs at Northcliffe Golf Club, Saltaire; The Prince of Wales’ Own Association meets at 1930hrs at Northcote Conservative Club; The Green Howard’s Association meets at 1330hrs at Headingley Club; The Royal British Legion, Keighley Branch meets at 1930hrs at Hollingsroyd House, Lord Street, Keighley.

The following are being remembered specially at Bradford Cathedral this week: Jack Naylor, James Willie Naylor, John Herbert Naylor, Jack Renton Newsome, John North, James North, Edward North, Ronald Neath, Stanley Nunwick, Allan Edward Nutton, George Oldfield, Brian O’Donnell, Herbert Oddy, Stanley Oates, John Oliver, Walter Ormondroyd, Hubert Ormondroyd, Geoffrey Oldfield, Roy Padgett, Norman Palmer, Jack Parkin, Kenneth Parker, James Alfred Parsons, William Arthur Padgett.