Moment of reflection at Portsmouth Cenotaph ahead of low key Remembrance Day

With the traditional Remembrance Day service at Guildhall Square due to be a low key affair on Sunday, Portsmouth Street Pastors and councillor Steve Pitt took the opportunity to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph on Wednesday before lockdown.

The deputy leader of the council was joined by street pastor volunteers Jackie Hunt, Tracy Ahearn and Betty Burns in a moment of reflection.

Jackie, resources manager of the pastors, said: ‘We are normally invited to the Remembrance Day service but with lockdown only the British Legion and service personnel will be able to attend.

‘Cllr Pitt agreed we could lay a wreath and said he would join us. We remembered all the lives lost and how their sacrifice allowed us to live how we do today.

‘It is really sad the traditional event couldn’t go ahead as normal as it’s amazing and the biggest one outside London in the UK.’

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