The remarkable fact about Surbiton’s annual open-air remembrance service in Ewell Road is that while old soldier numbers inevitably decline, the people paying tribute to those
who made the ultimate sacrifice keeps rising. More than 1,200 gathered at the war memorial, above.

 
In Long Ditton, pupils from Long Ditton Infant & Nursery School dressed a bench, left, with a blanket of crocheted poppies for the open-air service.