Thousands of crosses laid in Burnley's Peace Gardens ahead of Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day services
Unnamed white crosses symbolise poignant message of the 'Tomb of the Unknown Warrior', as thousands more are laid by serving Armed Forces personnel and local volunteers in Burnley's Peace Gardens
More than 3,500 remembrance crosses have been laid in Burnley's Peace Gardens ahead of this year's Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day services.
Thousands were laid by serving Armed Forces personnel, people with military connections and local volunteers, including Warrant Officer Lee Hargreaves, Corporal James Skillicorn, Joe Wright, Mark Bethwaite, Adam Law and Tom Birchall.
Warrant Officer Hargreaves has been involved in organising Burnley's Remembrance commemorations for more than a decade and coordinates the annual placement of the crosses.
The white crosses remain unnamed, symbolising the poignant message of the "Tomb of the Unknown Warrior".
Residents wishing to remember someone personally can purchase a brown wooden cross from the Poppy Appeal stall at Tesco and place it in the designated area at the front right-hand side of the Garden of Remembrance.
Visitors are asked not to write names on or remove the white crosses.
Burnley's Remembrance Sunday parade and service will take place on Sunday November 8. Members of the public can watch the parade from 10.30am outside Marks and Spencer on St James' Street or gather at the Peace Gardens from 10.45am. The service begins at 10.50am and will include prayers, readings, music and the laying of wreaths.
A further service will take place at the Peace Gardens on Wednesday November 11, Armistice Day, beginning at 10.50am and including the national two-minute silence at 11am.