People young and old gathered in the town as Britain fell silent on Remembrance day.

A large crowd came together for a 'Pause to Remember' service in the Community Square, Gravesend, today.

The event was impeccably attended with former servicemen and women joined by school children and other members of the public paying their respects.

The mayor of Gravesham Derek Sales was at the service, as well Adam Holloway MP for Gravesham.

Former navy veteran Reverend Nigel Bourne held proceedings with the Salvation Army band providing the music arrangement.

Apart from a few startled by the sounding of a cannon marking its commencement, the minute's silence went without a murmur at 11.00am.

Royal Naval Reserve Commander Ian Dunkley RD RNR (Retd.) was parade commander and organiser of both the Community Square and the Windmill Hill Memorial Gardens services.

The Windmill Hill service took place on Sunday morning at the war memorial in Clarence Place.

Mr Dunkley was pleased to see such a strong turn out for the service.

He said: “It is great to see the public here, they might not always see or agree with what the armed forces are doing, but they support our remembrance service. The support for people out there is fantastic.”

Among the crowd were a group of pupils from King's Farm Primary School, Cedar Avenue, Gravesend.

A teacher from the school, Claire Trench, said that they had taken the youngsters to the service to help them understand the sacrifice people made and make today, in service of their country.

Mrs Trench said: “We’ve done things like this in previous years to help them understand.

"We take history at school but some of it is so far back it’s hard for the children to understand, but this is relevant and they can see the memorials. They can see what is going on and then ask questions."