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	Date added: 09 November 2014

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Remembrance Sunday 2014

Thousands gathered in the sunshine at the cenotaph in Swindon town centre for Remembrance Sunday today, 100 years after the start of the Great War.

Many also took the opportunity to pause and reflect at the Lydiard Park Field of Remembrance, which will remain open until 16 November.

Remembrance Sunday 2014

The Cenotaph

Swindon Town Centre

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