IT WAS a cold and rainy Remembrance Day, but that did not stop hundreds of residents and veterans from gathering at the Cenotaph to remember those we have lost. 

The parade arrived ten minutes before the official 11 o'clock silence, so the crowd and participants had ample time to reflect on those who gave their lives in battle. 

The event in Barrow started with The Exhortation followed by The Last Post and the two-minute silence. There was a reading of The Lord's Prayer and the crowd sang God Save the King. 

The parade included representatives from the local Royal British Legion, the police, members of St John's Ambulance and the Sea Cadets. Politicians such as the mayor of Barrow Chris Altree, Barrow and Furness MP Simon Fell and Ulverston mayor Michelle Scrogham were also in attendance. 

Speaking after the event, Caley Carroll, who served with the 4th battalion of the Duke of Lancaster's regiment from 2006 to 2018 said: "I've been attending Remembrance Day from when I was a child my parents used to bring me all the time - I grew up understanding the importance of it.

"It's very important that we should never forget. It was originally set up for the First World War, obviously that's faded long into memory now there's no veterans so I think it's very important to keep this tradition up so we can remember those brave men of the First World War, the Second World War and all subsequent conflicts since.

"The British Army - it keeps its traditions alive you step into a long lineage of men and women who served before you."

Mr Carroll, from Barrow, did a combat tour in Afghanistan in 2010 and 2011 and a United Nations peacekeeping tour of Cyprus in 2016. He described Remembrance Day as a 'social event' for veterans, allowing them to come back and reminisce. 

Gordon Gibson served in the Royal Corps of Signals from 1960 to 1972 and served in a military base in Germany as well as travelling extensively around countries in Asia. He said: "It's always important remembering people - I used to come here with three or four guys from the unit and they're no longer here."