Other services held on Remembrance Day, in Balderton, Ollerton, Bingham, Newark Air Museum, and Coddington

Wreaths were laid in towns and villages across the district as part of the weekend’s Remembrance commemorations.

While the district’s top dignitaries attended services and parades in Newark and Southwell, many of our communities held commemorations of their own.

In Balderton, hundreds lined Main Street to watch a parade of youth and veterans organisations as they made their way to St Giles Church for the 11am Remembrance service.

Another service was then held at the War Memorial, located outside of Balderton Methodist Church.

In Ollerton, the Town Mayor Lee Brazier led commemorations as a parade marched from the Town Hall to the War Memorial, where prayers were said and silence was observed.

He said it was an ‘honour’ to lay the remembrance wreath on behalf of the town council and thanked all who helped to attended and helped to arrange the event, as “year on year it becomes bigger and better.”

Also in attendance was Mayor of the East Midlands Claire Ward.

At 3pm, Newark Air Museum held a service of its own, attended by Air Cadets, Royal Air Force servicemen and veterans, as well as Mayor of Newark Diane Ledger.

The service took place at the Museum’s Memorial Garden, which was established in the late 1990s as a permanent memorial to the personnel that were stations on the museum site when it was the former RAF Winthorpe during the Second World War.

Speaking at a short Armistice Day service in Newark on Monday, the Mayor said: “The people of Newark have shown that the sacrifices [of our armed forces] will not be forgotten.”

The Emergency Services have also found time to pay their respects, including crews from Collingham Fire Station who laid wreaths at the village War Memorial.

Crossing over into Rushcliffe, Bingham held an open air service at the Buttercross in Bingham Market Place.

a performance from Bingham Community Big Band headed by musician Tony Farrell under the 'buttercross'.

A parade of the Royal British Legion, veterans, youth organisations, and firefighters from the town’s fire station, were joined by County, Borough and Town Council representatives, and Judith Swann, deputy to the Lord lieutenant of Nottinghamshire,

Town Mayor, Gareth Williams, said: “We remembered those who gave their today for our tomorrow.

“It was a huge honour to lay a wreath on behalf of Bingham Town Council and Rushcliffe Borough Council.

Some Newcastle United away fans also paid their respects and laid a wreath during the ceremony ahead of their team’s game again Nottingham Forest on Sunday.