Keynsham pays tribute on Remembrance Sunday

SUNSHINE and blue skies greeted those who gathered in Keynsham to pay their respects on Remembrance Sunday.

After a service at St John’s Church, those taking part in the parade – which included members of the armed forces, youth organisations and the Royal British legions – lined up behind the band outside the church in High Street.

The parade then marched along the High Street and down Bath Hill to the Memorial Park gates for a Remembrance service led by the Rev Phil Dykes.

After a prayer, hymn and the playing of Last Post, those attending observed a two-minute silence in memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.

Following a recitation of the Kohima Epitaph, which contains the words “for your tomorrow, we gave our today”, wreaths were laid at the foot of the plaques that list the names of those who died in the two world wars.

The parade then proceeded up Bath Hill and back into the High Street, where it dispersed.

As reported in last month’s Voice, new security measures involving hostile vehicle mitigation (HVM) barriers meant that this year’s parade route was slightly shorter than in recent years, when assembly and dispersal took place in Ashton Way.