Pictures and video - Shropshire remembers

Parades and ceremonies took place in town's across the county with hundreds turning out in damp and wet weather to pay their respects.

From small children to pensioners the streets of the county's towns were packed with those wishing to mark the occasion of Remembrance Sunday.

Churches across the region were full to capacity as prayers for peace were said.

Military bands, dignitaries, mayors, scouts, guides, cubs and brownies were amongst those who took part in ceremonies across the county.

Services were held at dozens of war memorials and churches with many braving the weather to turn out to attend.

Remembrance day services were held in Shrewsbury, Market Drayton, RAF Cosford, Newport, Newtown, Whitchurch, Welshpool, Wem, Bridgnorth, Shifnal, Oswestry, Ellesmere, Ludlow and Church Stretton.

Below is how events unfolded on Twitter:

In Market Drayton a parade made its way from Queen Street car park to St Mary's Church. A church service was followed by a salute outside NatWest and a service by the war memorial.

At the Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford a service of remembrance led by Padre Richard Clement, Station Chaplain at RAF Cosford was held. The Cosford Military Wives Choir performed for visitors on arrival and during the service.

A service of remembrance was held at St Nicholas Church in Newport and Newtown's ceremony was held at the town's war memorial following a parade which started from the Monty Club.

In Whitchurch people were invited to meet up at the Cenotaph on Station Road before parading up to St Alkmund's Church for a service.

Welshpool's parade began from Park Lane and went on to St Mary's Church for a service. It then returned to the Town Hall for a wreath laying. In Wem there was a march along High Street to St Peter's Church for a remembrance service while in Oswestry a parade left the Guildhall to make its way to Cae Glas park for a memorial service.

A parade in Bridgnorth started at the Castle Grounds before parading at St Leonard's Church and the Shifnal branch of the Royal British Legion and St Andrew's Church held their annual event. The Ellesmere branch of the Royal British Legion assembled at the Talbot Street car park and marched to the war memorial before a service at St Mary's Church.

A service in Ludlow at the Church of St Laurence was accompanied by a parade a a wreath laying and in Church Stretton the Royal British Legion led a parade from the Church Stretton & District Club on Essex Road to St Laurence's Church. The service was followed by a wreath laying and a two mintue silence as well as the playing of the Last Post. Meanwhile members of 1st Ketley Boys Brigade laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in London.

One of the biggest parades was held in Shrewsbury.

Led by a military band, the procession made up of military units, magistrates, parish, town and county councillors, Freemen of Shrewsbury, past mayors and mayoresses, representatives of the Prison, Ambulance, Police and Fire service, Daniel Kawczynski MP, High Sheriff of Shropshire and the Mayor and Mayoress of Shrewsbury Councillor Miles and Aurona Kenny set off from Shrewsbury Castle at 9am and made their way along Castle Street and down Pride Hill to Shoplatch and onwards to St Chad's Church where a service of remembrance took place.

The 50-minute service was led by The Reverend Mark Chadwick, vicar of St Chad's, who welcomed the congregation saying: "We commit ourselves to work in penitence and faith for reconciliation between the nations, that all people may, together, live in freedom, justice and peace.

"We pray for all who in bereavement, disability and pain continue to suffer the consequence of fighting and terror. We remember with thanksgiving and sorrow those whose lives, in world wars and conflicts past and present have been given and taken away."

Readings and prayers were given by Councillor Miles Kenny, Mayor of Shrewsbury, Group Captain Jason Appleton, commanding officer RAF Shawbury, the Very Reverend Canon Jonathan Mitchell, Major General John Crackett and The Reverend Wing Commander Alastair Bissell of the RAF.

In his sermon, Rev Chadwick recalled that 5286 men from Shropshire had died in the First World War and he said: "We, in the community, learn through days like Remembrance Sunday. We remind ourselves how deeply we value the Armed Services and what they give to the community and the country. We get to honour and love and remember all those who paid the ultimate cost in the defence of the country, not only in the Great War but in all conflicts. Out of respect me must remember."

After the service wreaths were laid at the war memorial in the Quarry and the Last Post was sounded.

Councillor Miles Kenny, mayor of Shrewsbury said: "The Remembrance Service is one of the most important if not the most important Civic Service of the year. It is the Town Council's and the town's time to remember the sacrifices of the past so that we can enjoy today's freedoms, especially our democratic freedoms.

"The parade was particularly impressive and it was very good to see so many from today's Armed Services with the veterans and the civilian organisations, who gave up their Sunday morning in remembrance."