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HUNDREDS turned out to remember the fallen as Halton held four separate Remembrance Sunday services.
In Runcorn, events took place in Halton Village and Greenway Road in the morning, then again on Greenway Road in the afternoon, while the largest ceremony of the day was held at the War Memorial in Victoria Park, Widnes, also in the morning.
Veterans, serving Armed Forces, cadets, dignitaries, family members and the wellwishing public turned out to show their support and lay wreaths at the Leach Gate at Halton Cemetery in Halton Village, at the Cenotaph on Greenway Road, Runcorn, and at the Widnes War Memorial
Among those to lay wreaths were representatives of the borough’s main political parties, Halton and Weaver Vale’s MPs, Halton’s mayor, representatives from the Mercian Regiment, plus Naval and Royal Artillery associations, as well as fire and police services, Deputy Lord Lieutenant Of Cheshire, the Red Cross, schools from across the borough, church groups,
Freemasons, Royal Antediluvian Order Of Buffaloes, and the bereaved,
In Widnes, a fire cadet read a moving poem written by a Falklands War veteran about the reality of victory and challenges for those who have faced war and how it contrasts to the pomp of ceremony and political rhetoric.
There were also tears as the daughters of Jim Dearden, a motorcycle police officer of 30 years, laid a wreath in his memory.
Church ministers read psalms, conducted hymn and also the singing of the national anthem.
The Last Post was given