Services held to commemorate Remembrance Sunday

A service is being held in Truro to mark Remembrance Sunday

A wreath laying ceremony and military parade is taking place later to mark Remembrance Sunday.

Truro City Council said commemorations would start at 11:00 GMT at the Truro War Memorial on Boscawen Street.

It said the wreath laying ceremony would happen at 14:30 and the commemorations would end with a service of remembrance at Truro Cathedral at 15:15.

Mayor of Truro Chris Wells said: "This year when we have marked the 80th anniversaries of VE and VJ days, I hope that as many people as possible will make a special effort to attend."

The city council said the military parade would pause on Boscawen Street for a salute with His Majesty the King's Lord-Lieutenant for Cornwall, Col Sir Edward Bolitho.

It said the procession would continue to High Cross, where a guard of honour will form before being joined by the civic procession.

Elsewhere in the county, there will be a Remembrance Sunday parade in St Ives at 10:30 from Station Road before the Act of Remembrance is observed at 10:45 by the war memorial.

In Penzance, a parade will set off from Queens Square at the top of Chapel Street to the war memorial at Battery Rocks at 10:35.

On Tuesday, a two-minute silence to mark Armistice Day will be observed at the war memorial on Boscawen Street in Truro at 11:00.

It will be led by the Truro branch of the Royal British Legion to mark the end of World War One in 1918, said the city council.

Mr Wells said: "The November remembrance events are an opportunity for us all to remember the many people who have given their lives in the service of our country, and to honour their bravery and sacrifice."