Cllr. Hamish Pollock reports:

“There was a huge crowd in the Memorial Gardens off Honeywood Walk, by Carshalton Ponds yesterday afternoon at the event which started at 4pm. We were led by the Mayor of Sutton, Cllr. Arthur Hookway and Mayoress as well as the Deputy Mayor, Cllr. Margaret Court and the Leader of the Council, Cllr. Ruth Dombey, and it was estimated that about 500 or 600 people turned up including relatives of the fallen from the two world wars, and well over half of all the London Borough of Sutton Councillors.

We also dedicated the new Carshalton WW2 (1939-1945) Memorial completed in May 2014 which is in the Memorial Gardens, and which has 390 names of the fallen men and women on it.  Some of my amateurish photos taken before, during and after the event are below.

Along with towns and cities all over the country Sutton is paying tribute to all those who served in the 1914-1918 World War One.

The ceremony was the beginning of the activities planned in Sutton to mark the centenary of World War One.”