Dartmouth residents turned out in their hundreds to honour their war dead in one of the town's largest Remembrance Sunday parades for years.

Crowds lined the streets through the town as the parade, headed by the Britannia Royal Naval College's volunteer band, made its way to the Royal Avenue Gardens war memorial.

People packed the gardens for the two minutes silence and a short ceremony conducted by naval college chaplain the Rev Andrew Hillier. After the ceremony, the parade made its way to St Saviour's Church for the Remembrance Sunday service.

At the service, Dartmouth singer Sally Ann Slight sang the hymn He Who Would Valiant Be.

More than 50 personnel from the BRNC took part in the parade headed by parade commander Warrant Officer Daz Honeychurch along with town councillors, Royal British Legion members, police and various other town organisations and youth groups.

So many people took part in this year's parade that the line up stretched as far as Ford before they set off on Sunday morning.

This year the parade included the commanding Cpt Peter Sparkes and crew from the Antarctic patrol vessel HMS Protector which was visiting the port over the weekend.

Royal British Legion Dartmouth branch chairman Robert Gibbs, who was the branch standard bearer for the parade, said: 'It went very well. It was probably the best turnout for quite a few years. The weather helped as well. The Royal Avenue Gardens were full. There was a good turnout for the parade and the streets were well lined. The church was packed.'

Hundreds of people had already turned out for a service and two-minutes' silence at the war memorial on Armistice Day, Friday.

The town also held a short service involving Royal British Legion members and town councillors at the war graves at Longcross Cemetery on Sunday morning.