On a grey Sunday morning in Farnham town centre, we remembered them.

It’s been more than a century since the guns fell silent in Flanders Fields and the Great War finally ended.

But the courage and bravery of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for King, country and freedom in the past, present and future will never be forgotten.

Silence briefly replaced the sound of traffic as hundreds gathered around the war memorial and Gostrey Meadow for the town’s Remembrance Parade and Service.

The parade started on Castle Hill before passing along The Borough and South Street to the war memorial for a welcome and introduction by mayor, Cllr Brodie Mauluka.

Richard Varley, Farnham Royal British Legion branch president, recited In Flanders Fields in his What Is Remembrance Sunday speech before Vice Lord-Lieutenant Mary Creswell DL recited the Remembering Epitaph and the crowd repeated “We Will Remember Them” after a Hale Community Centre Youth Club youngster took to the stand.

Bagpiper, Hamish Robertson, played a lament before bugler Steve Burgess of Alder Valley Brass sounded The Last Post ahead of an impeccable two-minute silence.

Davy Watters, of Farnham RBL, had some of the audience in tears with his poignant Appreciation of the Home Front tribute in which he heralded the unsung heroes of those who fought the war at home, along with his wife, calling her the true bearer of his medals.

And the Revd David Uffindell also gave a message of hope, saying that despite the uncertainty facing the world and ongoing conflicts, the fact we still come to pay tribute can’t be ignored.

He said: “Today we remember those who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars and so many conflicts since.

“Our remembering is active, not passive, and the future is all the more hopeful because of it.”