Armistice Day marked

Armistice Day was marked in Blenheim with a ceremony at Seymour Square, beginning with a fly past.

Mayor Nadine Taylor welcomed those gathered before short addresses from Wing Commander Michele Mitchell, Base Commander at RNZAF Base Woodbourne and Lieutenant Stu Edwards RN from the British High Commission.

Kyla Thorstensen from Marlborough Girls’ College sang the national anthem and wreaths were laid, poppies placed, prayers said and the Last Post played.

The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month (11am on 11 November) is when hostilities ceased on the Western Front in 1918 following the signing of the armistice.