Pictures: Devon communities come together to remember the fallen

Residents, veterans and serving Armed Forces personnel came together across Dartmoor and surrounding communities on Remembrance Sunday, honouring those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defence of their country

Newton Abbot’s annual parade and service brought together Armed Forces representatives, veterans, youth organisations, civic leaders, community groups and members of the public.

The parade assembled in Courtenay Street at 10.35am, led by the Devonport Royal Naval Volunteer Band, before making its way along Queen Street to the War Memorial in The Avenue.

Sunday’s service, conducted by Revd Gareth Regan and organised by Newton Abbot Town Council with the town’s Royal British Legion branch, included hymns, prayers and readings.

Wreaths were laid, followed by the sounding of the Last Post and a two-minute silence at 11am.

Mayor Cllr Louise Cooke, who gave a reading, said the occasion was ”an opportunity to reflect on the cost of conflict, the value of peace and the responsibility to ensure that the sacrifices of previous generations are never forgotten.

In Bovey Tracey, mayor Cllr Sheila Brooke welcomed residents to a service at the parish church.

A parade through the town featured serving and former Armed Forces personnel, uniformed youth groups and firefighters, before returning for wreath-laying at the War Memorial.

Cllr Brooke said she was "delighted with the number of people attending the ceremony."

Hundreds also gathered on Plymouth Hoe to remember those who died in both World Wars and subsequent conflicts.

A number of other Remembrance events took place across the moor, including in Tavistock, Okehampton, Ashburton, Chudleigh Knighton, Hennock, Moretonhampstead and Buckfast Abbey.