27 touching pictures of Shrewsbury's Remembrance Sunday Service

Hundreds of people gathered in The Quarry in Shrewsbury at the town’s war memorial for Remembrance Sunday.

Veterans, serving members of the armed forces, cadets, politicians and other dignitaries were in attendance as the county town paid tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the nation.

Residents lined the streets to watch the parade, which was led by the Bligny Band and Bugles, march from the castle to the The Quarry War Memorial, where a special service was then held which included a two-minute silence at 11am.

One of those who attended the service was retired Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Trelawney, a veteran.

Mr Trelawney served in the Light Infantry but now works for the Ministry of Defence.

Asked about what Remembrance Sunday means to him, he said: “I think it is an opportunity to parade in Shrewsbury, which is somewhere that I have spent a fair amount of my career at the Light Infantry depot when the barracks were still there and where I retired too.

“It is nice to meet fellow veterans, both Light Infantry and other cap badges as well, and march together, particularly if its a nice day like today.”

Mr Trelawney’s contemporaries, he said, served and died in Northern Ireland and the Falklands.

He said on days like Remembrance Sunday, he does not think of a particular individual, but instead he thinks generally of all those who served and lost their lives for the country.

Asked about why he thinks it is important to continue honouring those who made the ultimate sacrifice moving forward, he said: “There has been very few years since the end of the Second World War when the British Armed Forces have not been involved in something and that is going to continue.”

He added : “Although it is not as high profile as it was ten years ago when Afghanistan was going on, there is still that risk that British troops will be drawn into things and some will get killed.

“I think it is quite important that the younger generation realise that it is still going on.

“This is not just about the First and Second World Wars - I mean those veterans sadly have mostly passed on now - but there will continue to be people of my age and much younger who will have taken part in military operations, lost comrades, and feel the need to commemorate them.”