A DEDICATION took place on Sunday (November 5) of Wellington Royal British Legion’s Field of Remembrance.

The service outside Wellington Baptist Church, in South Street, was led by the church’s minister and branch chaplain the Rev Sam Griffith.

The Exhortation was given by branch president Micheal Rose, at which point the Wellington branch’s standard was dipped by standard bearer Bob Trickey.

The proceedings concluded with the giving of the Kohima by Mr Rose, followed by the laying of wooden crosses by everybody who wanted to do so.

Attending the service this year along with branch members and the public was Somerset Council chairman Cllr Mike Best, Wellington Mayor Cllr Marcus Barr, deputy mayor Cllr Catherine Govier, and town Cllrs Andrew Govier and Janet Lloyd.

Among the legion branch members present was Wellington centenarian Madge Covey, who is one of the oldest poppy appeal collectors in the country.

Branch secretary Scott Godwin said when this year’s Remembrance Tide had concluded the crosses would be taken from the Field of Remembrance and cremated for their ashes to be scattered next year on Wellington’s Garden of Remembrance, in the town park.

Mr Godwin said: “The branch would like to thank Rev Griffith for conducting the service and Wellington Baptist Church for helping us each year by the setting up the Field of Remembrance at their church and providing refreshments after.”

A two-minute silence will be observed in the centre of Wellington at 11 am on Armistice Day (Saturday, November 11) when a civic procession will march the short distance from the town council offices in Fore Street to the crossroads.

Fore Street will be closed to traffic during the proceedings.

A service of remembrance will be held in Wellington Park at 3.15 pm on Remembrance Sunday (November 12) following a march through the town from Wellington School.