Border region falls silent to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War

At 11am on Sunday, people fell silent across the Border region, to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War.

Remembrance services took place at war memorials across Dumfries and Galloway, with more than 100 people gathering at St John's Church in Dumfries to pay their respects.

The town lost almost 1,500 men in World War One, which is nearly five per cent of its population - thought to be the biggest loss of any town in Scotland.

In Penrith people gathered to pay their respects to the fallen.

There was silence across the Scottish Borders, too.

In Hawick, the town's pipe band led a parade march down the high street, which was watched by hundreds of residents.

The town lost 693 people in the First World War.

In St Bees, on the Cumbrian coast, they decided to do something a little different to remember their fallen parishioners.

Local artists wrote the names of those who died in the sand, accompanied by poppies and hearts.

After the sea had claimed the names, there was a reading of Carol Ann Duffy's poem The Wound In Time, before the names of those killed were read out and a two minute silence held.