ANTIGUA & BARBUDA DEFENCE FORCE (ABDF) – They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.

On Sunday 13th November, the annual remembrance day parade was held in St. John’s City.

This ceremony is held to pay tributes to the fallen soldiers in World War I and II (1914-1918 and 1939-1945.)

The Caribbean soldiers were later praised for their high morale and cheerful demeanour in the face of exhausting toil.

Among the first Caribbean casualties to return home were those aboard the troop Ship SS Verdala, diverted via Halifax, Canada, while en route to England to avoid German U-boats.

The freezing conditions and inadequate uniforms saw more than 100 men suffer amputations of frostbitten fingers and limbs.

The poppies were used during Remembrance Day which is strongly linked with Armistice Day.

Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states at the end of the first World War to honour Armed Forces members who have died in the line of duty.