In scenes repeated across the county, thousands of people turned out for one of the best-attended Colchester Remembrance Sunday services in memory.
Young and old remember - wreaths are laid during yesterday's Remembrance Day service. (46228-a)
A procession of veterans, serving soldiers, organisations, local MPs, dignitaries and councillors left the town hall and headed to the war memorial in High Street for the ceremony.
It served to remember the dead of all conflicts and marked the end of the First World War.
Marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, some 2,000 people were at the service. Representatives of organisations stood five-deep around the crescent.
Among those who laid wreaths at the memorial were Gemma and Ben Long, the widow and son of Cpl Paul Long, one of six Red Caps killed in Iraq in 2003.
The Parachute Regiment Band played and the standards of 16 organisations were carried at the service.
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Published Monday, November 14, 2005
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