'Town turned out in huge numbers for both Chesterfield and Staveley Remembrance Day parades'

Communities across north Derbyshire paid tribute on Remembrance Sunday to those who sacrificed their lives for their country during wartime.

Parades, services and laying of wreaths in towns and villages brought together civic dignitaries, uniformed organisations and members of the public.

Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins said: “Town turned out in huge numbers for both Staveley and Chesterfield Remembrance Day parade and service. Both parades did town proud. Always great to attend both.”

Cllr Tricia Gilby, leader of Chesterfield Borough Council posted: “It was good to see familiar and new faces watching the Remembrance Parade and service at the war memorial.”

Anne-Frances Hayes wrote: “Honoured to lay a wreath for Staveley’s fallen at the Remembrance service in the town today on behalf of Louise Sandher-Jones MP. Thank you to Olivia Wylie and Lily Ogle, two girls from local schools for helping me - you made me so proud.”

Bolsover District Council wrote: “We were honoured to stand alongside residents, veterans, local dignitaries, and community groups for the parade from Bolsover Castle and the subsequent service at the Cenotaph.

“Thank you to everyone who joined us to pay their respects, observe the two-minute silence, and participate in the wreath-laying ceremony.”

Cllr Amanda Sarjeant, who represents Hasland on the borough council, wrote: “Always a moving show of true community spirit in Hasland for Remembrance Sunday at Eastwood Park.

”With thanks to all the Hasland Churches who moved their services and came and read the names of the fallen. To all of the uniformed youth groups who came and marched and laid wreaths. To the Friends of Eastwood Park who with Chesterfield Borough Council keep the park a place for all of us and arranged for the memorial to have a professional clean. To Hasland Club for providing much needed technical support with the audio and for providing a welcome for all after.

“To John Charles Tanner for playing the Last Post and Reveille for us so wonderfully. To Drew and Lilleker and Sons Ltd for printing the programme as always, taking photos and bringing their vintage vehicles. To the veterans and Royal British Legion who came. To every single resident who came and remembered.

A heartfelt thank you to all.”

*Dozens of people hiked in the mist to a site high on the Peak District moors where John Halstead from Woodhead Mountain Rescue led a two-minute silence and ceremony. The remote site near Higher Shelf Stones on Bleaklow is where a US B-29 bomber crashed in 1948, killing all 13 crew. Wreckage including wing and fuselage parts and even the aircraft’s four engines are still strewn across the site.