Around one hundred locals gathered at Kenilworth's war memorial this morning (August 15) to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

A short service and a minutes silence were both observed, with town clerk Maggie Field and Heath Alford, lay reader at St Nicholas Church, leading the service.

Bugler Edward Lawlor plaid both the last post and the national anthem.

Wreathes were laid by various local residents, organisations and groups.

Mayor of Kenilworth Cllr James Kennedy laid one on behalf of Kenilworth Town Council, followed by Lieutenant Colonel John Rice of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment which was stationed in India at the start of the Second World War.

Henry Woodgate laid a wreathe for the Royal British Legion, as did former Gurkha Ombahadur.

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