Members of Blandford WI have been present at the Remembrance parade in the town centre ever since the group’s revival. This year, president Vicky Watkinson laid the wreath on the group’s behalf.

Members of the Royal British Legion were among those to pay tribute to the fallen in Shaftesbury.

The parade and service in Wincanton was well supported, with standing room only in the parish church and lots of townsfolk on the street to watch. The Army Air Corp, which has the Freedom of the Town, was out in force and many of the town’s youth groups were involved.

The parade and service in Wincanton was well supported, with standing room only in the parish church and lots of townsfolk on the street to watch. The Army Air Corp, which has the Freedom of the Town, was out in force and many of the town’s youth groups were involved.

Members of the Police, firefighters and youth organisations (including the Brownies, pictured here) gathered around the war memorial in Mere for the well-attended Remembrance Sunday commemorations. PHOTO: Sue Jeans

Members of the Police, firefighters and youth organisations (including the Brownies, pictured here) gathered around the war memorial in Mere for the well-attended Remembrance Sunday commemorations. PHOTO: Sue Jeans

All Saints’ Church, Castle Cary, was the venue for a service on Remembrance Sunday, 13 November, followed by a parade to the war memorial where a two-minute silence was held. Organisations associated with Castle Cary and Ansford laid wreaths to remember those who had died from the community. Wreaths were also laid at Ansford’s war memorial.
A wreath was also handed to a ‘Poppy Train’ arranged by Great Western Railway on Armistice Day and carried to Paddington Station where it was placed on the war memorial on platform 1.

Two local military historians – Wendy Furneux and John Ball – staged a Remembrance exhibition at St John’s Church, Charlton Musgrove, as a tribute to villagers who died in the Great War. The exhibition included a dossier on each individual who died, together with contemporaneous documents and other memorabilia.

Two local military historians – Wendy Furneux and John Ball – staged a Remembrance exhibition at St John’s Church, Charlton Musgrove, as a tribute to villagers who died in the Great War. The exhibition included a dossier on each individual who died, together with contemporaneous documents and other memorabilia.