Following tradition, Remembrance Sunday fell silent precisely at 11am for two minutes in quiet reverence of those who fought and gave their lives in World War I and II.
The Remembrance Sunday events took place at the Elmslie Memorial Church on Grand Cayman and the War Memorial Cenotaph on Cayman Brac.
Both ceremonies began with a parade to honour the veterans.
On Grand Cayman, contingents included: The Royal Cayman Islands Police Band, a detachment of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, the Cayman Islands Fire Service, Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service, the Girls’ Brigade Cayman Islands, the Cayman Islands Scouts and Cub Scouts, the Cayman Islands Cadet Corps, and Seventh Day Pathfinders.
For the first time, detachments of the Cayman Islands Coast Guard and the Cayman Islands Regiment joined the official marching order.
In a smaller display of honour, Cayman Brac contingents included the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, Cayman Islands Fire Service, the Cayman Islands Regiment and the Cayman Islands Cadet Corps.
In a statement, Premier Wayne Panton said, “It is always a humbling moment to gather to remember the courage, sacrifices, and acts of heroism taken by those involved in both World Wars and later conflicts; many of those being our local veterans and seafarers.”
He said, “By remembering, we are paying much-deserved tribute to those who not only served to defend our values and freedoms, but paved the way for the Cayman Islands to be what it is today.
“We honour those who are still with us today, and the valiant contribution of citizens of the Cayman Islands, who fought and died for the British Crown during the First and Second World War. We are honoured to pay tribute and are proud to continue wearing our poppies.”
For the first time in Cayman’s history, visiting senior judges from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council also laid wreaths in honour of local veterans and seafarers.
Various churches throughout the islands took part in the ceremonies, which included the sounding of the Last Post and the laying of wreaths at the cenotaph, as well as at the Seaman’s Memorial.
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