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Sutton will come together on Remembrance Sunday

All the Remembrance and Armistice Day services in Sutton to honour war heroes

The Remembrance Day service in Croydon to honour fallen heroes

The Remembrance Day service in Croydon to honour fallen heroes

The Remembrance Day service in Croydon to honour fallen heroes

Memorial benches in Nonsuch Park are being removed

Memorial benches in Nonsuch Park are being removed

Nonsuch Park Sutton's memorial benches to be removed on ‘grounds of safety’

Nurse Daphne Steele became a Matron

Nurse Daphne Steele became a Matron

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First black matron in the NHS to be commemorated with blue plaque

Maureen Hyatt and her sister in the 1940s

Maureen Hyatt and her sister in the 1940s

Sutton WWII evacuee, 94, recounts brave acts of RAF Pilots ahead of Remembrance Day

Memorial in Croydon Cemetery to the Lanfranc boys who died in the crash. Image via geograph.org

Memorial in Croydon Cemetery to the Lanfranc boys who died in the crash. Image via geograph.org

Lanfranc Boys disaster remembered on 60th anniversary

Coronavirus cases in the borough have risen rapidly in recent weeks

Coronavirus cases in the borough have risen rapidly in recent weeks

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'Around a third' of Sutton pupils were off school last week due to Covid

A artist's drawing of what the restored Subway could look like (Thomas Ford and Partners)

A artist's drawing of what the restored Subway could look like (Thomas Ford and Partners)

Cultural attractions

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New roof plans could transform Crystal Palace Subway into community space

Hundreds of people gathered to pay their respects at the Cenotaph in Katherine Street this morning

Hundreds of people gathered to pay their respects at the Cenotaph in Katherine Street this morning

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Armistice Day marked across Croydon as services take place to remember war dead

Councillor Robert Foote, Mayor of Epsom, lays a wreath at St Mary's in Ewell. Photo: Brian Angus

Councillor Robert Foote, Mayor of Epsom, lays a wreath at St Mary's in Ewell. Photo: Brian Angus

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PICTURES: Epsom remembers war dead with parades, wreaths and silence

Helen Rogers created this Remembrance Day poppy flag

Helen Rogers created this Remembrance Day poppy flag

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Flag flying on Remembrance Day thanks to Purley woman who said she 'could not draw a tree'

Where to pay your tribute on Remembrance Day across south west London

Where to pay your tribute on Remembrance Day across south west London

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Where to pay your tribute on Remembrance Day across south west London

Schoolchildren to plant 440 crosses to remember Epsom's war dead

Schoolchildren to plant 440 crosses to remember Epsom's war dead

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PICTURES: Schoolchildren plant crosses to remember Epsom's war dead

Borders runs at Bernard Weatherill House until January 5

Borders runs at Bernard Weatherill House until January 5

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Immigration and impact of World War I tackled by artists in group show

Bourne Hall will create a temporary Field of Remembrance in November

Bourne Hall will create a temporary Field of Remembrance in November

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World War I Field of Remembrance to be created at Bourne Hall

WWI Blast from the Past: a soldier's cigarette case

WWI Blast from the Past: a soldier's cigarette case

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WWI Blast From the Past: How did cigarettes save a soldier's life?

Long-ignored shell shocked soldiers remembered at memorial service

Long-ignored shell shocked soldiers remembered at memorial service

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Downton Abbey creator and Lady Kitchener remember shell-shocked soldiers consigned to Croydon asylum

PICTURES: First World War soldiers descend on Ewell and fire guns

PICTURES: First World War soldiers descend on Ewell and fire guns

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PICTURES: First World War soldiers descend on Ewell and fire guns

Wilfred Owen was one of the leading poets of the First World War

Wilfred Owen was one of the leading poets of the First World War

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Schoolchildren asked to follow in footsteps of Great War poets

An article on the heroic actions of Driver Sydney Martin from Epsom

An article on the heroic actions of Driver Sydney Martin from Epsom

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Great War driver won France's highest honour for rescuing soldiers under shell fire 100 years ago

Museum curator Jeremy Harte has welcomed the bench to Bourne Hall in Ewell

Museum curator Jeremy Harte has welcomed the bench to Bourne Hall in Ewell

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Great War memorial bench saved from dump and placed in former home of a soldier’s family

Michael Tucker, 79, at the spot where the Great War roll of honour once hung

Michael Tucker, 79, at the spot where the Great War roll of honour once hung

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Elderly man welcomes return of war dead names to childhood church

Blast From the Past: a cardboard badge worn by recruits from university and public schools

Blast From the Past: a cardboard badge worn by recruits from university and public schools

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WW I Blast From the Past: Why did young recruits have to wear cardboard badges?

War memorial: In remembrance

War memorial: In remembrance

Claygate church looking for relatives of the WWI fallen

Plant a tree to create a lasting tribute to your family member who gave their life in the Great War

Plant a tree to create a lasting tribute to your family member who gave their life in the Great War

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Plant a tree to create a lasting tribute to your family member who gave their life in the Great War

PICTURES: Thousands visit First World War military camp

PICTURES: Thousands visit First World War military camp

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PICTURES: Thousands visit First World War military camp

Marking the centenary in Wandsworth

Marking the centenary in Wandsworth

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Marking the centenary in Wandsworth

Recruiting sergeant meets shoppers in Epsom marketplace

Recruiting sergeant meets shoppers in Epsom marketplace

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Recruiting sergeant meets shoppers in Epsom marketplace

Manju Shahul-Hameed, mayor of Croydon, with members of the armed forces

Manju Shahul-Hameed, mayor of Croydon, with members of the armed forces

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World War One centenary: Lights go out as Croydon remembers the Great War

People gather at Epsom Clocktower. Picture: Tony Axelrod

People gather at Epsom Clocktower. Picture: Tony Axelrod

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Hundreds gather for symbolic lights-out

A patient at 3rd London General Hospital examines a plaster cast of his own face. This would be used to create a mask to cover his facial injuries, which can be clearly seen. (IWM)

A patient at 3rd London General Hospital examines a plaster cast of his own face. This would be used to create a mask to cover his facial injuries, which can be clearly seen. (IWM)

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Mutilated WWI soldiers given hope by a Wandsworth hospital

A poppy has been placed at Epsom Downs Racecourse next to a plaque commemorating Lord Kitchener's inspection of troops on the Downs in 1915

A poppy has been placed at Epsom Downs Racecourse next to a plaque commemorating Lord Kitchener's inspection of troops on the Downs in 1915

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Symbolic poppies placed at Epsom Downs Racecourse to mark World War One Centenary

Prominent: Croydon War Memorial

Prominent: Croydon War Memorial

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World War One centenary: Croydon war memorials testament to town's sacrifice

12-year-old Matilde Blais

12-year-old Matilde Blais

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Chestnut Grove Academy marks the centenary

Rosemary Lever with pictures of her grandfather Robert Law

Rosemary Lever with pictures of her grandfather Robert Law

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Merton shares its World War One family stories ahead of centenary