Poignant pictures of Liverpool’s Remembrance Day service

Poignant pictures of Liverpool's Remembrance Day service

Liverpool's annual Remembrance Service took place outside St George's Hall this morning

A haunting silence fell over Liverpool this morning as crowds paid their respects to they who shall not grow old.

Hundreds of people dressed in sombre black gathered under a canopy of umbrellas to watch ex-servicemen and troops march past the cenotaph on St George's Plateau this morning. Poignant speeches and prayers were read from the steps of St George's Hall before the Last Post rang out over the square, followed by the traditional firing of the gun to signify the start of the two-minute silence.

Music was played by the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment and the drums and pipes of the Liverpool Scottish Regiment Association as civic leaders, military personnel members of the emergency services, legal counsels and religious representatives took turns laying down wreaths of poppies.

Here are some pictures from the touching ceremony which drew to a close shortly before noon.

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1. Members of the armed services at the Remembrance Day service on St George's Plateau

   

2. Armed service veterans arrive at the service

   

3. A sentry stands at the cenotaph

   

1. Members of the armed services

2. Veterans arriving at St George's Plateau

3. Armed service veterans march past the cenotaph

1. Wreaths were laid in memory of the fallen

2. John Perumbalath, Bishop of Liverpool, speaks at the Remembrance Day service

3. A sea of umbrellas extended all the way to Lime Street

1. The drums and pipes of the Liverpool Scottish Regiment Association

2. Armed service veterans around the statue of Prince Albert

3. Veterans outside St George's Hall

1. Troops salute the memories of fallen soldiers

2. Poppy petals were scattered from the roof of St George's Hall as wreaths were laid

3. The Duke of Lancaster Regiment pay their respects in St John's Gardens after the service