IT'S been more than three years since Britain's last surviving veteran of the First World War passed away at the age of 111.

But the sacrifices made by Harry Patch and his comrades in the trenches nearly a century ago should never be forgotten.

Communities around East Hampshire fell silent at 11am last Sunday to remember those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.

They stood in silence for the local men, from local streets, who lost their lives in the mud and desperation of Flanders Fields.

But they also remembered the local casualties of more recent conflicts in distant lands, and those who gave their today for our tomorrow.

Hundreds gathered around The Square and High Street last weekend for Petersfield's annual Remembrance Day service.

For full story and pictures from the Remembrance Day service, see this week's Petersfield Herald.