YOUNG and old stood together in the driving rain as they remembered our fallen servicemen, NATALIE CHAPPLES and RACHEL FLYNN report

More than 500 people gathered at Barrow cenotaph for the Remembrance Sunday service.

Members of the armed forces, veterans, cadets, Barrow and Furness MP John Woodcock and councillors took part in a procession from Barrow Town Hall to Barrow Park yesterday.

They were joined at the park by families and individuals for the service led by Reverend Gary Cregeen which remembered those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

Jade Dockeray, 14, and Abbey Viceroy, 12, both joined Barrow and Walney Army Cadets this year.

The cadets were proud to go out on parade on Sunday after spending Saturday selling poppies for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal in Barrow town centre.

Speaking ahead of Remembrance Sunday, Jade, a student at Furness Academy said: “I feel proud we are selling poppies, we are supporting what we believe. I will be proud to be on parade with the cadets on Remembrance Sunday. This is a really important event.”

Abbey, a student at St Bernard’s said: “I feel proud to be a cadet and showing other people what we do. We feel good to sell poppies because we are remembering those who sacrificed their lives and saved their country. I’m proud to go on parade.”

Meanwhile in Ulverston, the community huddled under umbrellas as the parade lead by Ulverston Town Band departed from the Royal British Legion in Brogden Street.

After a service at the parish church, the parade made its way back to the war memorial in the town centre for a one minute silence and laying of poppies.

Following the one minute silence organisations and individuals were invited to lay wreaths of poppies on the cenotaph.

Councillor Pat Jones of Ulverston Town Council, said: “It has been emotional for me as my dad was in the first world war. All our lives, there were three of us, we had a dad who couldn’t go for bike rides and take us for walks in the park, and when you look back I think my dad was only one of hundreds of thousand of men who were also like that, so it is so important to come out and show your support.”

The services continued in Millom as hundreds of people packed out St George’s Church.

Attending services in both Haverigg and Millom was town councillor, Felicity Wilson.

Mrs Wilson, said: “It was a tremendous turnout on such an awful day. The weather was atrocious but it was a very moving service which ran with military precision.

“There was a wonderful community spirit in both Millom and Haverigg, despite the torrential rain and the wind was absolutely whipping around Haverigg.

“I just think the warmth of the community was lovely and having my grandfather serve in the first world war, it always means an awful lot to me.”

As part of the remembrance service a group of people including Mrs Wilson and her husband deputy mayor Doug Wilson, took time out to remember Millom man Andrew Bird, who lost his life in September after falling into a river.

Mrs Wilson, added: “Andrew was a boy who always attended the memorial services and a group of people including Doug and I went onto the bridge in Haverigg near to where he lost his life and just said a few words of remembrance.

“He was the kind of young chap who would always attend occasions and always had a strong sense of community spirit, I just thought it was really nice and very appropriate.”