Torbay unites to remember our heroes

It was the day Torbay united to remember our heroes.
Driving rain couldn't deter hundreds of people from turning out to remember in  moving Remembrance services and parades across the Bay. And the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin  Welby, joined the services in Torquay.
Young and the not so young put the country's and world's problems to one side to salute and honour those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
The Royal British Legion, veterans, cadets, scouts and VIPs stood shoulder to shoulder to mark the occasion and to pay their respects to those who gave their lives in two world wars and in conflicts since.
The RBL sent poppies via Great Western Railway to London and the Yarn ferries were paying their own tribute in St Marychurch, the scene for one of the biggest tragedies in Torbay's wartime history when a German bomb killed children and others at a Sunday School.
The Most Rev Welby attended the St Marychurch church services as well as the Remembrance event on Torquay seafront.
Remembrance services and parades were held in  Torquay, Paignton and Brixham. The crew of the Torbay Lifeboa paid their own respect in the fishing port.
The GWR train left Paignton Station at 06.34 taking the wreaths, via Newton Abbot, to Paddington Station. This train was one of 10 over the GWR network, stopping at more than 60 stations, which collected dozens of wreaths on the way to London.
Once at Paddington the wreaths were placed at the iconic War Memorial on Platform 1.
Poppies to Paddington was conceived in 2020. Paignton RBL has been represented every year since.