HUNDREDS of people marched through the town centre today to pay their respects to soldiers killed in war.

An army band led the Remembrance Day parade with veterans, soldiers from the Territorial Army, cadets and residents following behind.

A ceremony was held at Harrow Civic Centre, in Station Road, with two minutes silence at 11am.

Retired Captain Moti Lal Thapa, a veteran Gurkha, said: “I was very deeply touched. I nearly cried.

“Because of my age I have started feeling that the past and the present have changed so much and I deeply felt about my comrades.”

Police stopped traffic to make way for the procession, which started in St Anns Road, and residents crowded round as veterans and community leaders layed wreaths at the borough's war memorial.

Major Mick Coles, officer commanding for 131 Independent Commando Squadron, said having troops on active service in Afghanistan at the moment brought home the importance of Remembrance Day.

He said: “It's drastically important in the sense that we all take risks, and we know we take risks, but paying that ultimate sacrifice is something that we just cannot comprehend we will experience.

"But today we actually know people. When I was a young man and I joined the services we stood there and we remembered people from the Great War and from World War Two but now we know people and it makes it more realistic.”

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