FOLLOWING the recent Armed Forces Day commemoration in the town, which was a county event attended by thousands, Ledbury continues to show it will remember.

A new exhibition will focus in particular on the local troops who fought and died in 1916, one hundred years ago, during the First World War.

The new exhibition, the third in Ledbury to commemorate the centenary of the conflict, will also look at "the home front" in Ledbury, back in 1916,

The new display has been put together by experienced researcher, Jennifer Harrison of Browning Road, who in 2012, completed the task of unearthing the records of the 85 serviceman from the town who fought and died in the conflict.

The results are now contained in two memorial books, in St Michael and All Angels Church.

Mrs Harrison said: "The third in the series of exhibitions about Ledbury and the First World War will be held in St Michael and All Angels’ Church this summer.

"In 2014, 'Life in Ledbury 1914-1918' covered all aspects of life in the town during the war, as well as showing “C” Company marching off to war on August 4, 1914. Last summer we commemorated the Ledbury connection with Gallipoli and the men who served there with 'Ledbury and Gallipoli 1915'.

"The displays this year will look at life here in the town in 1916 – the Cinema House and the Royal Hall, Empire Day in May, the October Fair and how Christmas 1916 was celebrated in the town."

Mrs Harrison added: "The lives of the eleven casualties from 1916 whose names appear on our war memorials will be commemorated. The biographies of those who died during the Battle of the Somme will form part of the exhibition, as well as biographies of those who died in other actions.

"And Christmas in Ledbury 1916 is commemorated and other events, including the obituary of Mr Lane’s donkey who raise a great amount of money for the Red Cross in the first two years of the war. He was featured in my first exhibition."

Ledbury will continue to remember during 2016. A total of eleven Ledbury area soldiers lost their lives in battle in 1916, and two of those fell on the last day of the Battle of the Somme, on November 18, 2016.

On that day, during fierce fighting at Redan Ridge, a total of 54 men from Herefordshire were killed.

On November 18 this year, to mark their sacrifice, there will be a short service in St Michael and All Angels Church, followed by a short vigil at Ledbury's war memorial, in the High Street.

The new exhibition, Ledbury and the War, 1916, will be based in the parish church from July 29 to August 8, and afterwards, some of the display will go on show at the Ledbury Heritage Centre, in Church Lane.