VETERANS have gathered to mark Remembrance Day and share their stories of service in the armed forces.
Today marks the beginning of commemorations to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
Armistice Day was marked at the Cenotaph in Southampton with residents, civic leaders, veterans, and Army personnel holding a two-minute silence.
Army and Royal Air Force veterans George Garman and Fiona Andrews told the Echo why they mark Remembrance.
Fiona, a former member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), worked in radar control systems after joining at 17.
The 96-year-old said: "I joined as soon as I was allowed to and at the time the youngest you could join was 17.
"I did volunteer after I was evacuated in the Battle of Britain and they wanted me to come back. They told me to put in my forms when I grew up.
"I of course did six months training and then was sent up to Scotland to work doing morse code and navigation.
"I remember how perishingly cold it was and now I always say being home how I do appreciate how it feels to be warm.
"We had six of us on the watch and we even had a wedding with someone from the crew.
"When the war was over all the camps shut and I went to a place called Cramwell where a large camp was before I moved back to Southampton.
"Nowadays the WAAF no longer exists because women go with the men now but it is still important to me to be here and remember."
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Great-grandfather-of-two George Garman, 79, from Bitterne, served in Cyprus, Yemen, and Australia while in the Army.
The former Army driver said: "I enlisted in 1963 and as a 20-year-old it really opened my eyes.
"I fought in Yemen in 1969 which at the time they were getting independence and I went to Cyprus during the Turkish invasion.
"Later I went to Sydney, Australia, to train with the Army before finally in 1968, I came home as a Lance Corporal."
A parade will take place on Sunday at the Cenotaph.
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