We Will Remember Them - 1918 to 2018

In a solemn ceremony at the Cenotaph watched by some of the largest crowds in recent years, wreaths were laid to honour the memory of the fallen and those who fought in conflicts from World War One to the present day.  Two minute’s silence was observed at 11.00am, precisely 100 years since the sounds of guns and mortars fell silent across the battlefields of the Western Front.  6,000,000 UK troops were mobilised during the conflict.   Some 55,000 people from Bristol fought in the war effort, with 7,000 having left the city never to return again. Eight Bristolians were awarded the Victoria Cross for their bravery.  While the armistice marked the end of fighting, it took six months to negotiate the peace treaty that finally ended the war and enabled the soldiers to return to the UK.  High Sheriff Mr Roger Opie, HM Lord-Lieutenant Mrs Peaches Golding OBE and The Lord Mayor Ms Cleo Lake prepare to place the first wreaths at the Cenotaph, followed by the elected mayors and Police and Crime Commissioner, members of Parliament, Councillors and Aldermen, members of the Armed Forces, among others.  In a solemn ceremony at the Cenotaph watched by some of the largest crowds in recent years, wreaths were laid to honour the memory of the fallen and those who fought in conflicts from World War One to the present day.  Two minute’s silence was observed at 11.00am, precisely 100 years since the sounds of guns and mortars fell silent across the battlefields of the Western Front.  6,000,000 UK troops were mobilised during the conflict.   Some 55,000 people from Bristol fought in the war effort, with 7,000 having left the city never to return again. Eight Bristolians were awarded the Victoria Cross for their bravery.  While the armistice marked the end of fighting, it took six months to negotiate the peace treaty that finally ended the war and enabled the soldiers to return to the UK.  High Sheriff Mr Roger Opie, HM Lord-Lieutenant Mrs Peaches Golding OBE and The Lord Mayor Ms Cleo Lake prepare to place the first wreaths at the Cenotaph, followed by the elected mayors and Police and Crime Commissioner, members of Parliament, Councillors and Aldermen, members of the Armed Forces, among others.