BURY remembered those who gave their lives for our freedom during a service at Bury Parish Church.

Civic, military and emergency organisations joined hundreds of local people and local dignitaries for a parade from the town hall in Knowsley Street to the cenotaph at the Wylde.

Although the numbers have gradually fallen over the years, at 11am, the crowds fell silent as people remembered the brave men and women who lost their lives in times of war.

A carpet of red poppies was laid at the War Memorial, including wreaths from Bury North MP David Chaytor, and Bury Police Divisional Commander, Chief Sup Phil Hollowood.

Civic and military parades filed into the church at 11.15am for a Service of Remembrance, conducted by the Archdeacon of Bolton, the Ven Lorys Davies.

Speaking of the terrible devastation of war, he said: "The weapons of war are not the final solution."

After the service, military detachments gathered on The Rock and the Mayor of Bury, Cllr Connie Fitzgerald took the salute.

In Radcliffe, members of the Royal British Legion, civic leaders and representatives of many charity organisations assembled at the legion's Water Street headquarters, arriving at the war memorial where the two minute silence was observed.

Dozens of wreaths were laid by local dignitaries, including Bury South MP Ivan Lewis.

The Radcliffe and Prestwich band led a parade of about 100 people to St Thomas and St John's Church for a Service of Remembrance led by the Rev Charles Ellis.

In Ramsbottom, members of the Army, Air Force and Naval Associations past and present walked from the Royal British Legion on Central Street to to the cenotaph at St Paul's Church on Bolton Street.

A wreath laying ceremony and the two minute silence was followed by a memorial service at St Paul's Church.

War veterans in Tottington carried the standards from Turton Road to the Market Street memorial gardens during Sunday's Remembrance parade. A short service was held at the cenotaph at 3pm.

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