Memorial services commemorate Yorkshire war dead

Services have been held across Yorkshire to mark Remembrance Sunday, commemorating servicemen and women who lost their lives in conflict.

In Leeds, Sheffield, Doncaster, York and Bradford, hundreds of people gathered to lay wreaths and pay their respects.

A two-minute silence was observed across the country at 11:00 GMT, led by the King at a service at the Cenotaph in central London.

Meanwhile, the football derby between Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday was pushed back to 12:30 GMT to allow fans to attend services.

Outside Leeds Civic Hall, members of the armed forces were joined by the Lord Mayor of Leeds Councillor Abigail Marshall Katung, Bishop of Kirkstall the Rt Rev Arun Arora, Rabbi Anthony Gilbert, Senior Imam Qari Muhammad Asim, and the Very Rev Canon Father Matthew Habron.

In Mirfield, hundreds paraded through the town led by Hammonds Marching Band.

It is thought to be one of the largest Remembrance Sunday parades in the country.

More than 50 wreaths were laid at the Doctor Lane war memorial.

In Sheffield, members of the public joined service men and women at Barker’s Pool to pay their respects.

Elsewhere in the city, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at Bramall Lane ahead of the Steel City Derby, which kicked off at 12:30 GMT after campaigners noted the original start time of 12:00 GMT would interfere with ceremonies.

A service was held at York Minster with the Great Peter bell tolling 11 times before the two-minute silence.

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell said Remembrance Sunday gave “an opportunity to pause and remember all those whose lives have been lost in war and the pain and suffering caused by conflict that sadly continues in our world today”.

At the Bennetthorpe War Memorial, Mayor of Doncaster Ros Jones and Civic Mayor Julie Grace each laid a wreath.

The ceremony was followed by a parade from Bennetthorpe to Baxtergate, ending at the Minster of St George for a service of remembrance.

In Bradford, a civic parade from City Hall to the Cenotaph was led by the Dean of Bradford, the Very Rev Andy Bowerman, before the Sunset Ceremony in City Park.

The first Commonwealth War Memorial outside of London was unveiled beside the Bradford Cenotaph on Wednesday.

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