Wokingham fell silent yesterday at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, to pay tribute to the fallen in all conflicts.
Armistice Day marks the time and date when the World War One armistice came into effect.
Hundreds of people of all ages, including military veterans and nursery school children, gathered in Market Place to mark the national two-minute silence. Traffic was held as Wokingham paid its respects.
Town mayor, Cllr Rob Comber, led Monday’s remembrance, along with a standard bearer displaying the National Bomber Command standard, and a lone bugler from St Sebastian’s band who played the Last Post from the town hall balcony.
Monday’s event followed a parade and church service on Sunday.
This year’s parade was different in that wreaths were paraded through the town and laid at the altar in All Saints Church.
The wreaths are set to be returned to the war memorial at 3.15pm on Thursday (November 14), when a hearse will collect them from the church and take them to the town hall.
Cllr Comber said: “I was honoured to attend the church service, and lead both the two-minute silences this year with the deputy mayor, to honour those who made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of us all.”
See this week’s Wokingham Today for more images from the parade.
