COLDRIDGE Parishioners turned out in force to mark the 100th Anniversary of The Armistice on Sunday, November 11.

A large crowd of people attended the Service of Remembrance at the War Memorial on the Village Green and in Coldridge Parish Church in the morning.

In the evening the Parish Council provided a further, active commemoration of the Centenary with a Beacon lighting and a bugler, Nick Pentreath, from Nymet Tracey, who sounded “The Sunset” and “The Last Post” in Church Field.

The names and details of the Coldridge men who lost their lives in the First World War were read by the chairman of the Parish Council, Andrew Green and vice-chairman, John Smith.

They were: Private George William Parker, Lance Corporal Francis Herbert Richards, Private Samuel Philip Sloman, Stoker First Class John Vernon, Private Ernest George Waldron and Private John Kelland Webber.

A bring-and-share supper was enjoyed in the Village Hall before the beacon lighting and there were several family displays, not just about some of the Coldridge residents lost during the First World War but also about relatives of some of the current residents of the parish.

A bell was tolled at St Matthew’s Church in memory of those lost during World War One.