This year they were not remembered by numbers but by name.

The names of every one of the 414 soldiers who died in the First World War from Maryport and surrounding villages was read out at a service yesterday, while students from Netherhall laid a poppy on a cross.

The number of people marking the centenary of the Armistice almost became a logistical problem in Maryport.

Parade leaders had to keep barking orders for people to move up as the procession threatened to overwhelm.

It was not just services, ex-services and uniformed organisations who took part, however.

The civilians who stood two or three deep watching the parade from Fleming Square to St Mary's Church was larger than usual, too.

The uniforms included young and old, including Ewanrigg Junior School's mini police. Local Scouts carried perspex silhouettes of soldiers - part of the "there but not there" campaign.

Walking with servicemen, army and sea cadets, HMS Charger and the servies were the Orange Lodger, here for the first time.

A service was held in a packed St Mary's Church before wreaths were laid at the Maryport Memorial.