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Remembrance Weekend will be marked at Fort Nelson with gun firing at 11am on both days and performances of a specially commissioned new play about the fort during the First World War.

On Remembrance Sunday, 10 November, the national two-minutes silence will be observed at 11am, followed by a bugler playing The Last Post, and a gun firing.

The Garrison Artillery Volunteers will also fire a piece from the Royal Armouries collection at 11am on Saturday 9 November.

Time Will Tell Theatre will perform their new play, Our Little Fort, at 11.30am, 1pm and 2.30pm on both days.

This short, emotive play is about George Weston and J. Staniforth, two men who were stationed at the Fort, and wrote letters and diaries describing their time there. Through the personal accounts of the two men who served at Fort Nelson during the First World War, the play is a personal and moving insight into what it was like during the war.

Admission to the museum and the theatre performances is free but tickets must be booked in advance online at https://bit.ly/4dm0ZmQ to guarantee entry. Fort Nelson is open 10am – 4pm.

Fort Nelson played a significant role in both World Wars, as barracks for troops waiting to be deployed to the front line in the First, and as an anti-aircraft ammunition supply depot during the Second.

Admission is free. Car parking is £3.