DOZENS of current and former pupils gathered for a poignant Remembrance Day service at a Redbridge school.

Army cadets stood alongside old soldiers at Forest School during the annual parade which was held to mark the sacrifice made by Britain's war dead.

The service - which included the ceremonial firing of two volleys by the cadets and the playing of the Last Post and Reveille - was held at the school's war memorial, opposite the chapel.

Teacher George Paynter, said: "The cadets provided a wreath-laying party and the chapel choir provided an echo of Binyon’s poem For The Fallen.

"It was a service to mark our respect for those only too willing to make the greatest sacrifices in the service of their countries.

"The Great War was once described as the war to end all wars. It has become the war by which most others are measured - in spite of all the obvious differences in weaponry, motive, etc. Clearly it was not the final conflict.

"We remember those who have fallen in all conflicts across the globe, and we know that there are still those who wish to wage war, just as there will always be those who will defend freedom.

Perhaps, if enough individuals think like Henry Allingham, we may yet achieve a lasting age of peace."