Despite some rain, hundreds of people turned out for the Remembrance Day ceremony at the War Memorial this morning.

Onlookers young and old listened to hymns and songs played by groups including The Band and Corps of Drums of the Bermuda Regiment, The Salvation Army Bermuda Divisional Band and The North Village Band.

People cheered as nearly 30 veterans or their family members paraded down Front Street, including six men in wheelchair who were escorted.

Politicians present for the ceremony were fashionably dressed, including the new Premier Paula Cox, who wore a black and white patchwork overcoat and hat.

Mrs. Cox said it was important to remember those who had sacrificed for us and admitted it brought an “outpouring of emotion to remember”.

Scores of people gathered around the War Memorial honouring the men and women who served in the two world wars. And Governor Sir Richard Gozney, the Premier, Mayor of Hamilton Charles Gosling, Opposition Leader Kim Swan and others laid wreaths in memory of fallen soldiers.

According to Carol Everson, the welfare case worker for the Royal British Legion, there are nearly 350 veterans and widows on the Island today. These people served in First and Second World Wars, as well as wars in Korea, Panama and the Suez Canal.

In total 2,776 men and women from the Island served in some capacity during the two World Wars.

An additional parade is due to take place in St. George's on November 14. It will be attended by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, who arrives on the Island tonight, and Lt. Col. Brian Gonsalves of the Bermuda Regiment.