Deputy Lord Lieutenant Caroline Peel, and Sandown Town Mayor Paddy Lightfoot, led commemorative events in Sandown on Armistice Day, ahead of Sunday’s Remembrance Day services. A short ceremony was held at the memorial.

The town council also arranged for children of the Bay CE School to design poppies to be displayed in the library windows.

Poppy designs from the Library 1-20
Poppy designs from the Library 21-40
Poppy designs from the Library 41-60
Poppy designs from the Library 61-80
Poppy designs from the Library 81-91

A short private service was also held at the animal memorial at the Broadway Centre at 11am and a wreath laid in remembrance of the animals who lost their lives.