Ride to the Wall event attracts 20,000 bikers to National Memorial Arboretum

Thousands of bikers rode the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire to pay their respects to the armed forces.

About 20,000 motorcycle enthusiasts from the UK and overseas took part the annual charity event Ride to the Wall.

Major General Lamont Kirkland, patron of the Ride to the Wall, said: "It is a service of remembrance with this unique twist conducted by bikers, for bikers.

"But most importantly we are now attracting the families and the loved ones - fathers and son, brothers and sisters - of the servicemen whose names are on these walls."