THE Remembrance Sunday service yesterday showed it still holds a power to bind the community together, uniting people of all classes, faiths and ages.
Around 1,000 people attended the service at Winchester Cathedral before a simple wreath-laying ceremony at the Hampshire Memorial outside the West Door.
The two-minute silence was buttressed by the Last Post and Reveille played by a Light Division bugler from a gallery high up on the side of the cathedral.
The silence on a beautifully crisp sunny morning was near-complete, broken only by the innocent burblings of a toddler too young to know.
The Mayor of Winchester, Sue Nelmes, and Capt Christopher Fagan, the deputy Lord Lieutenant, led the laying of the wreaths, followed by similar tributes from regiments with local links - the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, Army Air Corps, King's Royal Hussars, Royal Green jackets, Adjutant General's Corps, the Royal British Legion and other ex-service and auxiliary organisations.
On Saturday much of Winchester city centre had fallen silent at 11am. Civic dignatories, the Royal British Legion with standards lowered, and army cadets had gathered at the Guildhall steps.
Echo picture: Paul Scicluna. Order no: 3934951.
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