Soldiers' private tributes to remember the fallen

More than 90 members of The Yorkshire Regiment are laying commemorative wreaths at war memorials in 28 towns across the region, including in Rotherham.

Soldiers are conducting private ceremonies across Yorkshire and Teesside to honour those who should never be forgotten.

Sheffield and Barnsley are also included in the list.

The man behind this poignant effort is Warrant Officer Darren Hunter, Regimental Sergeant Major of the 4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment. 

He said: “Despite the restrictions and limitations we face in our private lives and across the army, we are determined to come together to carry out the important Act of Remembrance across our home county.

“We want to remember all those who have fallen and in particular, the 18 soldiers from the Regiment who have died on active service, all those who were injured on duty, and the 36 soldiers who have died in service since we formed as The Yorkshire Regiment on in 2006.”