Penryn was filled with pomp and ceremony on Sunday as the town’s Royal British Legion branch held its annual commemoration of VE Day and VJ Day.
A memorial parade, led by Breage Silver Band, marched through the town from the Temperance Hall to the Memorial Garden.
Behind the band came nine British Legion standards representing branches from Saltash, Torpoint, Callington and St Columb Major and from local branches, as well as Camborne British Legion, the Royal Naval Association and the dog handlers’ standard – of which there are only three in the UK.
The standards were followed by veterans and representatives of the legion and the RNA, and town council representatives led by the mayor Shelley Peters as well as the Mayor of Falmouth, Grenville Chapel.
The parade stopped at the Memorial Garden where the Rev Ian Froom led a service and wreaths were laid. After the memorial event, which marked victory in Europe and Japan, there were refreshments at the Temperance Hall, as the band played a medley of World War II tunes and a raffle raised £75.
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