Poignant Remembrance service in Northumberland

Members of the public joined staff, Northumberland county councillors and ex-servicemen for a Remembrance service at County Hall, in Morpeth, earlier today.
Children from The Dales School, in Blyth, with their hand-made wreath, local war veterans and members of Northumberland County Council.Children from The Dales School, in Blyth, with their hand-made wreath, local war veterans and members of Northumberland County Council.
Children from The Dales School, in Blyth, with their hand-made wreath, local war veterans and members of Northumberland County Council.

War veterans and representatives of the RAF, Royal British Legion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, RAF Boulmer and emergency services came together to help commemorate the sacrifices of members of the Armed Forces and civilians in times of war.

A two-minute silence was held and a bugler from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers played the Last Post.

The ceremony. Picture by Doug HarrisonThe ceremony. Picture by Doug Harrison
The ceremony. Picture by Doug Harrison
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Accompanied by a Northumbrian piper, wreaths of poppies were laid at the war memorial by Northumberland County Council’s civic head Coun Anthony Murray MBE, HM Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland Bryony Gibson and representatives of the emergency services, among many others.

Children from The Dales School, in Blyth, made their own poppy wreath especially for the occasion and came to the service to lay it at the war memorial.