Lights out for Exmouth

Exmouth held a 'lights out' service in the Strand to mark the Centenary of World War One. Picture by Alex Walton. Ref exe 0488-32-14AW. To order your copy of this photograph go to www.exmouthjournal.co.uk and click on Photo Orders (Image: Archant)

We take a look at the picture archives from 2014 when hundreds of Exmouth residents holding candles gathered around The Strand war memorial to mark 100 years since the start of World War One.

On Tuesday, August 4, 1914, the then Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey said: “The lamps are going out all over Europe – we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.” These famous words, which were spoken on the day Britain entered the war, were symbolised at the 100th anniversary ceremony by the blowing out of candles.

The evening closed with the Last Post and a two-minute silence, followed by a wreath-laying and the lone piper’s lament, leaving one candle lit.

Last Saturday (November 10) Exmouth held a ‘lights on’ service, four years after the ‘lights out’ event, to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the war, when the lights across the country were once again lit.

Exmouth held a 'lights out' service in the Strand to mark the Centenary of World War One. Exmouth mayor, Bill Nash and chairman of Exmouth Royal British Legion, Dave Turner - unveil a granite poppy wreath. Picture by Alex Walton. Ref exe 0502-32-14AW. To order your copy of this photograph go to www.exmouthjournal.co.uk and click on Photo Orders (Image: Archant)

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Exmouth held a 'lights out' service in the Strand to mark the Centenary of World War One. Picture by Alex Walton. Ref exe 0485-32-14AW. To order your copy of this photograph go to www.exmouthjournal.co.uk and click on Photo Orders (Image: Archant)

Exmouth held a 'lights out' service in the Strand to mark the Centenary of World War One. Picture by Alex Walton. Ref exe 0474-32-14AW. To order your copy of this photograph go to www.exmouthjournal.co.uk and click on Photo Orders (Image: Archant)

Exmouth observed a 'lights-out' service to commemorate the centenary of Worl War One. Photo by Terry Ife. Ref exe 4127-32-14TI To order your copy of this photograph go to www.exmouthjournal.co.uk and click on myphotos24 (Image: Archant)

Exmouth held a 'lights out' service in the Strand to mark the Centenary of World War One. Picture by Alex Walton. Ref exe 0470-32-14AW. To order your copy of this photograph go to www.exmouthjournal.co.uk and click on Photo Orders (Image: Archant)

Exmouth observed a 'lights-out' service to commemorate the centenary of Worl War One. Photo by Terry Ife. Ref exe 3283-32-14TI To order your copy of this photograph go to www.exmouthjournal.co.uk and click on myphotos24 (Image: Archant)

Exmouth held a 'lights out' service in the Strand to mark the Centenary of World War One. Picture by Alex Walton. Ref exe 0512-32-14AW. To order your copy of this photograph go to www.exmouthjournal.co.uk and click on Photo Orders (Image: Archant)

Exmouth held a 'lights out' service in the Strand to mark the Centenary of World War One. Phoebe Hartley-Norton and her step-brother Jacob Reeves who won first prize for their war-time costumes at Lympstone's annual Furry Dance wore them again for the service. Picture by Alex Walton. Ref exe 0506-32-14AW. To order your copy of this photograph go to www.exmouthjournal.co.uk and click on Photo Orders (Image: Archant)