Hundreds are expected to gather at the Cenotaph Wednesday morning for this year's Remembrance Day service.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 6 is planning to have a bus to transport those veterans who can't make the walk to the cenotaph at Surrey Museum Plaza on foot.

"We'll get them there and back to the branch," service officer Earle Fraser said, adding legion members are hoping to persuade as many veterans as possible to attend this year's service, which coincides with the 70th anniversary of the start of the Second World War.

The average age of Canadian veterans who served during the Second World War (1939-1945) is now 86 years old.

The service starts at 10:15 a.m. at Surrey Museum Plaza following the parade.

Veterans will be joined by RCMP officers, emergency services personnel, local cadets, Scouts and Guides, plus a busload of 45 reservists – members of the 744 Communications Regiment – who are coming to Cloverdale for Remembrance Day.

The Cloverdale Remembrance Day ceremonies are thought to be Surrey's largest, attracting 2,500 to 3,000 participants and spectators.

"The square is jammed," Fraser said.

At 11 a.m., there will be two minutes of silence to remember those men and women who sacrificed their lives in military service.

The skies over Cloverdale will be filled with the rumble of vintage aircraft flying in formation, first by the Cenotaph Flyover group out of Boundary Bay and the Fraser Blues Formation Flying Team, based out of the Langley airport.

The ceremonies of remembrance are followed by the traditional laying of wreaths.

After the service, the colour party leads the procession back to the Legion branch.

It's a busy week for Branch 6 members. The branch sent five local veterans to local schools to speak with elementary and high school students.

Some, including Second World War army veteran Doug Langton, 86, who fought in the Italian campaign, also visited two seniors care homes.

Langton and other legion members have also been stationed at various high profile spots in Cloverdale as part of the Poppy Campaign. The annual campaign runs to Nov. 11.

Donations help support programs for local veterans and their families.