Remembrance 2024

Remembrance 2024 marks D-Day 80th anniversary

Communities across North Devon turned out in large numbers for Remembrance services on Sunday, November 10th and Armistice Day commemorations on the 11th.

In South Molton, the Pannier Market was packed with standing room only following the traditional march through the town. Schoolchildren had created poppies that decorated The Square and made wreaths.

This year marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

Crafters decorated the village pump in Chittlehampton ahead of their commemoration ceremony (below).

Above, poppies made by community college pupils in South Molton and below, Chittlehampton crafters pictured by Martin Ives

Above, the traditional Remembrance parade through South Molton and below, pupils from South Molton Community Primary School laid a wreath they had made for Armistice Day - photos by Karolina Andreasova