HEARTFELT tributes were paid to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in conflicts across the world during Remembrance Sunday services in Wirral.
This year, Sunday, November 11 also marks the centenary of the end of the First World War.
The Mayor of Wirral Cllr Geoffrey Watt joined service men, women, their families and armed forces representatives at The Cenotaph in Hamilton Square at 10.55am.
At 11am, Birkenhead fell silent as the hundreds who turned out paid their respects.
On social media, Wirral Council posted tributes throughout the day to those who gave their lives from Wirral during WWI.
As a keen sailor and secretary of the local swimming club, Joseph Hallows was known to love spending time at West Kirby Marine Lake. Joe was killed in action aged 27 on 16 Oct 1918 and is buried at St Aubert British Cemetery in France.#ThankYou100 #ThereButNotThere pic.twitter.com/6ai3mMB6E6
— Wirral Council (@WirralCouncil) November 11, 2018
George Arthur Barrow, 26, of Wallasey was one of around 900 British and Commonwealth forces killed before the 11am #Armistice on the final day of World War One.
— Wirral Council (@WirralCouncil) November 11, 2018
The inscription on his gravestone in Wimille, France, reads 'Loved For Ever' #ThankYou100 #ThereButNotThere pic.twitter.com/jUnSH2GwTe
75 members of Birkenhead Park Rugby Football Club were killed in action in #WW1 including Percy Dale 'Toggie' Kendall, who captained the club as well as Cheshire and England. Toggie was killed in action aged 36 on 25 Jan 1915 at Ypres, Belgium.
— Wirral Council (@WirralCouncil) November 11, 2018
#ThankYou100 #ThereButNotThere pic.twitter.com/3MTPUsra9D
On 12 March 1915 former @TranmereRovers player Thomas McNaught was hit in the head while taking bandages to help an injured comrade. He was buried in a field in Belgium, although his final resting place is unknown. #ThankYou100 #ThereButNotThere pic.twitter.com/1NSYlsOQzA
— Wirral Council (@WirralCouncil) November 11, 2018
630 boys from Shaftesbury boys club served in the Navy and Army during World War One.
— Wirral Council (@WirralCouncil) November 11, 2018
79 of them lost their lives.#ThankYou100 #ThereButNotThere pic.twitter.com/PakCxbaFnm
Across the country, hundreds of beacons were lit in the evening to draw a close to the armistice, in Wirral Leasowe lighthouse and Bidston lighthouse were alight in remembrance.
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