Service remembers fallen soldiers

Soldiers who were killed this year were among those remembered

Soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan this year were among those honoured at Remembrance Sunday services.

Reverend Canon Dr Alvyn Pettersen, of Worcester Cathedral, said his service would pay tribute to the Mercian Regiment and its "huge suffering".

"It's a real privilege that people will allow you to stand beside them in their grief and in their pride," he said.

The 2nd Battalion, the Mercian Regiment, which recruits locally, lost five soldiers in its six-month tour.

Soldiers from the regiment, which recruits from Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, returned from their most recent tour of Afghanistan in September.

Names listed

Thousands of people across the UK have honoured the men and women killed in conflicts past and present with a two-minute silence.

And in Worcester, the city's mayor said a memorial to people killed in World War I should be more widely recognised.

City councillor Andy Roberts said residents were welcome to visit the memorial, which lists almost 5,000 names, at the Guildhall at any time.

"The general public, including those with relations and fathers, don't know they are here," he said.

"So what we are trying to do is encourage people to come in."

Mr Roberts added the role of honour included the names of some nurses killed during the war.