This year’s Remembrance Sunday parade may not include a wreath-laying at Helston’s war memorial - in the centenary year of the end of World War One.

Suggested changes to the act of Remembrance in the town have caused concern from some, particularly as the parish war memorial, which is in the grounds of St Michael’s Church, features all the names of the men who died between 1914 and 1918.

With Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday both falling on November 11 this year, Helston’s branch of the Royal British Legion believes the town should fall silent with the rest of the nation at 11am, in one combined event.

This would see the Sunday parade moved from its usual time in the afternoon to begin at 10.30am, in order to make its way through the town to the memorial garden at the Grylls Monument for a service and two minute silence at 11am.

After a hymn and wreath laying, the service would end at approximately 11.30am.

As a result there would no afternoon service at St Michael’s, or service on base at Culdrose, with more service personnel joining the parade alongside the town’s organisations and youth groups.

Explaining the idea to the town council on Thursday was branch president Commander Jason Phillips, who is also Executive Officer at RNAS Culdrose.

He said he had spoken with the legion committee and Canon David Miller at St Michael’s, adding: “We would like to put every effort from Culdrose into supporting the town.”

Town councillor John Boase said: “Do we feel, being the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, we should not be honouring our dead at the memorial where all the names are recorded?”

Commander Phillips said: “The fact we’re not at the war memorial, I understand that. But all the wreaths will be laid. [It was felt] doing the one big ceremony for the centenary alongside all the community outweighed that element, but I absolutely understand people’s feelings.”

Councillor Mike Thomas agreed, saying he was “not happy” that the war memorial would be empty of wreaths and he hoped this could be incorporated into the day somehow.

Councillor Gillian Geer suggested that each of the names on the memorial could be read out by a different child, standing all around the bowling green, but said it would be important to ensure people could hear - unlike at previous services there.

Ex-serviceman and councillor Dave Potter described the proposals as “an excellent idea,” adding: “With the laying of the wreaths, I understand its difficult, but that is detail underneath the overarching change of coming together as a community.”

At the suggestion of Mr Potter, five members voted in favour of supporting the legion and to put the council’s weight behind the combining of services. Four members abstained, with Mr Boase saying “a few things need to be tweaked.”

Commander Phillips concluded: “It’s absolutely not about causing division, the aim is to bring people together.”

At this stage the proposed changes are for this year only.