A MOVING ceremony to remember the country's war dead was held at a college this morning.FRI,NOV5

Students at Redcar and Cleveland College and former pupils and staff of the predecessor college, Sir William Turner's, took part in the service led by the Reverend Paul Peverell, of Great Ayton, himself an old boy of the school.

The Royal British Legion Honour Guard by the Royal British Legion will led the congregation to the college’s Celtic Cross War Memorial on the corner of Corporation Road and Locke Road in Redcar.

The Last Post was then sounded and two minutes’ silence observed and wreaths are laid. Members of the congregation placed small wooden crosses at the school’s memorials, each bearing the name of one of the Old Boys who lost their lives.

The service has been held at Sir William Turner's and now Redcar and Cleveland College since 1922. A total of 350 former pupils from Sir William Turner’s School fought in the First World War, with 48 of them killed in service. During the Second World War, there were 650 Old Boys who fought, and 55 of them lost their lives. They are commemorated on two war memorials at the college.

John Chance, acting principal at Redcar & Cleveland College, said: “It’s only right to remember our fallen heroes and our public service students have carried out extensive research to commemorate the lives of each of the men who died. It’s a fitting tribute to hundreds of people who lost their lives while serving their country.”