On a wet Wednesday morning beside a road junction in Bordon, we remembered them.

Silence fell on Camp Road and communities around East Hampshire at 11am as we remembered the moment the great guns fell silent on the Western front.

The annual Whitehill & Bordon Remembrance Service was another moving affair with wreaths being laid and children planting poppy crosses at the town’s war memorial.

Crowds gathered along Camp Road as REME soldiers and their counterparts from the Armed Forces marched from The Shed to the sound of the Sacred Heart Pipe Band.

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Dozens of pupils planted poppy crosses either side of the memorial during this morning's service in Bordon. (Iliffe Media/Paul Ferguson)
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Lt Col JP Gronn, R Signals, read the Kohima Epitaph (Iliffe Media/Paul Ferguson)

They were met with a bumper crowd at the memorial with W&B town mayor, Cllr Leeroy Scott, thanking them and all the townspeople for taking part in the commemoration.

He said: “It’s wonderful to see our community come together across generations to pay respects.

“Let us remember those who never returned, those who campaigned and those who continue to protect out freedoms.”

More than 20 wreaths were laid with Arabella Birdwood DL, representing the Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, putting down the first. Greg Stafford MP and councillors Penny Flux, Andy Tree and Adeel Shah followed before representatives from the armed forces, emergency services and town groups laid their own.

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Soldiers of the 4 Armoured Close Support Battalion of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) marched from The Shed to the memorial. (Iliffe Media/Paul Ferguson)
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A veteran lays a wreath at the foot of the memorial on the corner of Camp Road, Bordon. (Iliffe Media/Paul Ferguson)

Youngsters from W&B schools laid poppy crosses as the 69 names on the town’s Roll of Honour were read out ahead of an address by Rev Kate Lloyd Jones and readings by Weyford Primary School pupils.

“We stand here today to remember the lives of the sacrificed in the service of our country, and those traumatised and injured in conflict,” said Rev Amanda Sim, who led the service.

“May we have such a devotion to justice and freedom that the heroism of all who fought, and still fight, may continue to be remembered in a nation of service and in a world of peace.”