Remembrance Day services held across the Midlands

Remembrance Day services have been held across the Midlands, as people gathered to pay their silent respects to the country's war dead.

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  1. Lee Comley

Service of Remembrance at Coventry's War Memorial Park

Thousands attended a service at Coventry's War Memorial Park to mark Remembrance Sunday, with veterans, servicemen and women and other uniformed personnel joining the general public to pay their respects. Lee Comley reports.

  1. Phil Brewster

Service of Remembrance at Leicester's War Memorial

Thousands of people across the East Midlands gathered today to mark Remembrance Sunday. Families, veterans and civic leaders laid wreaths and held a two minute silence to honour those killed in conflicts.

Phil Brewster was at Leicester's service of Remembrance.

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Emergency services pay Remembrance Day respects

Emergency services across the Midlands have paid their respects to the country's war dead on Remembrance Day.

Deputy Chief Officer at West Midlands Fire Service, Phil Hales, lays a wreath at the Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Birmingham Credit: Twitter / West Midlands Fire Service
Wolverhampton Fire Cadets pay their respects Credit: Twitter / Wolverhampton Fire Cadets
Firefighters at Highgate Community Fire Station in Birmingham stand still to remember war dead Credit: Twitter / Highgate Community Fire Station

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Hundreds gather for Remembrance service in Leicester

The Remembrance Day service at Leicester War Memorial in Victoria Park Credit: Nimesh Joshi / ITV News Central

Hundreds of people, including members of the public, civic dignitaries and veterans, have attended the Remembrance Day parade in Leicester.

The service was held at the city's War Memorial in Victoria Park, following a parade by veterans and contingents from De Montfort Hall.

The service included wreath laying from key dignitaries at the memorial and a selection of prayers from faith representatives within the city. Credit: Ewhen Kurlak / ITV News Central
The service followed a parade by veterans and contingents from De Montfort Hall. Credit: Ewhen Kurlak / ITV News Central
Wreaths laid at Leicester's War Memorial Credit: Nimesh Joshi / ITV News Central
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