Churches around Peasedown St John, Wellow and Shoscombe will be holding special services on Remembrance Sunday, 13th November.

Peasedown St John's annual Remembrance Sunday service will be held in St John's Parish Church, Church Road.

Starting at 10.45am, the service will feature presentations from the uniformed groups and civic leaders.

Last year over 200 people packed the church to remember those who have given their lives in conflict.

Revd Matthew Street, who is chaplain to the uniformed groups in the local area, will be leading the service. Last year, the event had a special focus on the 'Key Inventions of World War II' and looked at some of the devises used to help the Allied Forces secure victory all those years ago.

This year's theme will look at the security service during the Second World War, in particular the Special Operations Executive (SOE) which was an underground army that waged a secret war in enemy-occupied Europe and Asia. Its agents demonstrated incredible courage and resourcefulness in their guerrilla war. By working with resistance forces, they provided a boost to the morale of occupied societies.

Revd Street said:

"Each year it is important to collectively remember those that have laid down their lives for the freedom and civil liberties we all enjoy today.

At this year's village remembrance service, we will especially look at the British Security Services during World War II and how they played a crucial role in helping to defeat the Nazis in 1945.

We shall also take time to read aloud the names of the fallen from Peasedown St John, one by one."

Wreaths will be laid during the service at the war memorial in the church by members of the uniformed groups, B&NES Cllr Karen Walker, Chairman of the Peasedown Community Trust, Gavin Heathcote, and a representative of the Parish Council.

Prayers will be led by Revd Matthew Street, with Cllr Sarah Bevan from B&NES Council reading out the Names of the Fallen.

Meanwhile in St Julian's Church, Wellow, a trumpeter will lead the Last Post during the Remembrance Service which also starts at 10.45 am.

In St Julian's Church, Shoscombe, the Remembrance Service will start at 11.15 am, and a two-minute silence will be observed.