Remembrance Day services across North and East Yorkshire saw thousands of people from all walks of life come together to remember those who gave their lives in two world wars and other conflicts.

Hundreds of York residents joined with Servicemen and women, past and present, to pay tribute to the thousands who died for their country.

The Queen's Division Normandy Band led a parade through crowd-lined streets from the Eye of York to the Memorial Gardens for the city's Remembrance Day service.

Marchers included Scouts, Brownies and cadets as well as men and women from Imphal Barracks, HMS York and RAF Leeming.

A single gunshot marked the start of a moving two-minute silence, before the Lord Mayor of York, Coun Derek Smallwood, led the laying of wreaths.

At Malton, worshippers attended a service of remembrance at St Michael's Church before taking to the streets for a parade to the war memorial near the Mount Hotel.

The parade was led by the White Star Band and Army and Air Force cadets, and the civic party.

At the war memorial, prayers and hymns were led by the Rev Michael Smith, minister of Saville Street Methodist Church.

Wreaths were laid by the chairman of Ryedale District Council, Coun Gary Hobbs, as well as representatives of the Royal British Legion, the British Red Cross, ex-Servicemen's associations and cadets.

A crowd of more than 100 surrounded the memorial for the two-minute silence, prayers and hymns as local people remembered those who fell in the war.

Edith Reynolds, of Malton, said: "We come every year to pay our respects, because we cannot forget our menfolk who died serving their country."

At Pocklington, the York Salvation Army Band led veterans, local dignitaries, Scouts, Brownies and cadets from Burnby Hall Gardens to the war memorials outside the Post Office.

Wreaths were laid before the Last Post was sounded by lone bugler Malcolm Watson.

Elsewhere across the region, the scenes were repeated as people of all ages and backgrounds spent quiet moments paying tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Don't miss our Armistice Day coverage on Wednesday

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