A CRISP morning with bright sunshine greeted Remembrance Sunday crowds who turned out to pay their respects across Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Lancashire.

Young and old wrapped up against the autumn chill to watch commemorative marches in towns and villages, attend special church services, and keep silence at war memorials festooned with poppy wreaths.

Perhaps the most unusual act of remembrance took place on the slopes of Great Carrs, above Wrynose Pass, where Halifax bomber LL505 crashed on October 22, 1944. Ian Price of Cartmel, a member of the Westmorland Gazette's Camera Club, captured the poignant moment when the eight-strong crew - seven Canadians and a Scot - were remembered.

Camera Club member Cath Musetti captured Windermere's "moving ceremony" at the war memorial, organised by the town's Royal British Legion branch, as did fellow Camera Club member Martin Dodgson.

The club's Raffaele Capasso photographed Milnthorpe villagers paying their respects at the war memorial on the green. Meanwhile, Colin Cowperthwaite was on hand in Sedbergh for Sunday's wreath laying and parade of remembrance, and Robin Ree pictured the solemn commemorations in Kirkby Lonsdale.

In Kendal, the Remembrance Sunday wreath laying and silence at the Market Place war memorial attracted a respectful crowd, and plenty of onlookers watched the procession in bright sunshine.

Sue Barlow, Camera Club member, commented: "No matter the age, uniform or plain clothing... Respect at Kendal today."

The day before, young people from 1127 (Kendal) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets, Kendal Army Cadet Detachment and Kendal Sea Cadet Corps joined together to raise thousands of pounds for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.

At Carnforth's War Memorial Gardens, townsfolk turned out in large numbers for the service of remembrance conducted by Rev Bob Neale, and a parade led by the Union flag, carried by a member of Carnforth Scouts and standards from the Dunkirk Veterans and Normandy Veterans Associations, Salvation Army and Air Training Corps.

Wreaths were laid by many organisations and the names of Carnforth's fallen were read out by Major Margaret Watkins from the Salvation Army. Carnforth mayor Cllr Pat Wooff read the poem For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon, and deputy mayor Cllr Bob Roe read the Kohima Prayer and Chindit Prayer.

More than one hundred Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and their leaders braved cold weather to attend parades in Ingleton and Settle. After a church service in Settle, the congregation processed to the cenotaph with the Scout colour parties parading their flags. In Ingleton, worshippers from St Mary's and the Methodist churches gathered at the war memorial after a church service with prayers and readings. Sue Haddrill, Ingleborough's deputy district commissioner, said members of the public had praised and thanked the young people for their "excellent contribution".

Meanwhile Tom Haigh, county deputy youth commissioner, represented Ingleton Scout Group and Ingleborough District at the London Cenotaph march-past.

In Shap, a half-muffled peal of bells range out as parishioners gathered at St Michael's Church. Rev Alun Hurd, in his uniform as chaplain to Cumbria Army Cadet Force, welcomed everyone and wreaths were laid at the churchyard war memorial.

Jean Scott-Smith, the Gazette's Shap correspondent, recalled events of 100 years ago, when 200 men from the village served at the front. By November 1917, 24 were killed in action and Mrs Scott-Smith said news was sparse, and slow to reach families. She also spoke of those who did return home but who had to live with the memories of horrors seen.

In Crosthwaite, the Rev Leonard Lampton conducted a service at St Mary's Church, where Matthew Dobson read the names of those who died in First World War and Peter Windsor in the Second World War.

The names of the fallen were also read out at St Anthony's Church, Cartmel Fell, during a service conducted by Rev Ian Swift.

Looking ahead to 2018, the centenary of the end of the First World War is to be marked by bonfires and beacons being lit across the UK at 7pm on Remembrance Sunday, said Adrian Legge, of Windermere, retired Royal Navy lieutenant commander. Church bells will then ring out for peace at 7.05pm.