THOUSANDS of people came to Salisbury's Guildhall Square on Sunday morning for the city's annual Remembrance Sunday service.

The parade began as the bells of St Thomas’s Church fell silent just before 11am.

Pavements along Castle Street and Blue Boar Row were packed out with bystanders waiting to see the procession to the war memorial, with many standing on benches along Queen Street to get a glimpse of the ceremony.

It is estimated that about 8,000 people attended to pay their respects to those who died in both world wars, and conflicts since, almost twice as many as last year's service.

Army, sea and marine cadets, members of the Air Training Corps, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service and Wiltshire Police also took part in the parade, as well as Brownies, Guides and Scouts.

The remembrance service was opened with a speech from Mayor of Salisbury Michael Osment, before prayers led by Reverend Kelvin Inglis, the rector of St Thomas's Church, the two-minute silence and a wreath-laying ceremony.