Suffolk: Respects paid by schools in Remembrance Day services

Thousands were in Ipswich at Suffolk New College on Armistice Day where learners read out personal tributes explaining what it meant to them.

Former Royal Marine Terry Barnes was also in attendance, who is a veteran of the Falklands War, which happened 40 years ago.

Suffolk New College members taking part in the parade (Image: Suffolk New College)

Students read personal messages about what Armistice Day meant to them at Suffolk New College (Image: Suffolk New College)

A procession and service also took place, all orchestrated by the public services department.

At West Suffolk College in Bury St Edmunds, hundreds took part in the ceremony.

Representatives from the local Royal British Legion were also in attendance which took place in the shadow of a giant mural depicting an image that honoured all those affected.

Ryan Lewis at the West Suffolk College ceremony (Image: Eastern Colleges Group)

Ryan Lewis, 20 from Bury, helped create the mural, and said: "I am pleased with how it came out. I thought of my grandad who was in World War II during the two-minute silence."

Stowmarket High School also remembered those that lost their lives, with the Technology and Art team constructing soldier silhouettes for all who lost their lives from Stowmarket.

They have been placed out the front of the school, with all six men who lost their lives in WWI and 13 in WWII being named so that all can remember the sacrifice they made.

The ceremony at Stowmarket High School (Image: Stowmarket High School)

The silhouettes have been placed outside the front of the school to represent those from Stowmarket that lost their lives (Image: Stowmarket High School)

In Ipswich, at the Royal Hospital School, they created an ambitious and moving community art project to commemorate.

Pupils at RHS have created an art installation that weaves a web of connections between those who have served their country and the people in their community.

Three local primary schools and care homes were also involved, creating and connecting their own labels alongside the work of RHS pupils.

Royal Hospital School's commemoration (Image: Royal Hospital School)

Harriet Barber, head of art at RHS, said: "We are really proud of the finished installation and delighted by the engagement of our local community.

"It has been amazing to see the whole school taking part in the project, particularly those pupils who have a personal connection to someone who has served or is serving."

One note someone wrote as part of the project (Image: Royal Hospital School)

Royal Hospital School got the community involved with their memorial (Image: Royal Hospital School)