Remembering fallen comrades
They stood proudly side-by-side to remember the brave who lost their lives during the Second World War.
Old soldiers gathered in St Peter's Square in Wolverhampton for a VE Day ceremony today that included a parade and wreath laying at the cenotaph.
Around 20 veterans and members of the Wolverhampton Central Branch of The Royal British Legion gathered to mark the 64th anniversary of VE Day, when victory was declared in Europe on May 8, 1945.
Tom Cattell, of Wednesfield, was an officer steward. He was on board HMS Silvio when it was hit by a mine bomb an hour after the agreement was signed that marked the end of the war. "An hour after we were told the agreement had been signed, our ship was hit by a mine under the River Ayeyarwady in Burma. Some of my friends were killed and it was very frightening," he said.