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Watch school pupils light beacons at poignant Battle’s Over ceremony
Phil Hubert playing the The Last Post Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN - Credit: Archant
Beacons created a blaze of light at a poignant Suffolk ceremony to mark 100 years since the guns fell silent at the end of the First World War.
World War Two veteran Sonny Wright Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN - Credit: Archant
Tonight more than 500 people from the Rushmere St Andrew community turned out to mark the centenary with a lasting tribute to the fallen.
By torchlight, Reverend Heather Marsden from Rushmere Baptist Church read out the names of local people who perished.
Phyllis Whiting enjoying the event Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN - Credit: Archant
Just over an hour later, buglers sounded the Last Post as part of an international commemoration of Battle’s Over.
At 7pm, beacons were lit in a tribute called Beacons of Light, which saw 1,000 around the UK illuminated to signify the light of peace that emerged from the darkness of four years of war.
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Two children from Broke Hall Primary School lit the beacon at Rushmere.
They were winners of a competition to design a bookmark commemorating the anniversary.
A beacon was lit on Remembrance Sunday in Rushmere St Andrew Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN - Credit: Archant
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Everyone present was given a light to turn on at the same time the beacon was lit.
Ahead of the event, county councillor Mark Newton said: “The Beacon Lighting event will be an unforgettable experience for our residents, especially the children, and a terrific social event for the parish.
Oscar, Carol, Anthony and Josh Drake at the beacon lighting Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN - Credit: Archant
“It’s a great honour to be able to contribute to the centenary commemorations.”
Veterans Sonny Wright and Brian Bansfield with the Rushmere Baptist Church ladies and Minister Heather Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN - Credit: Archant
Cllr Robert Whiting speaking at the event Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN - Credit: Archant
Bookmark competition winners Kara Bassill and Caitlin Garrard lit the beacon Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN - Credit: Archant
Phil Hubert playing the The Last Post Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN - Credit: Archant
