Remembrance 2008 began with a re-dedication of the recently re-sited war memorial at the Prospect on Sunday. A very large crowd braved wind and rain to remember the fallen in the two World Wars and the more recent conflicts, and to observe the two minutes silence.

The Reverend Sarah Jones made the dedication and led the prayers. Mr Fred Jones spoke the exhortation. Maroons were fired to signal the start and end of the two minutes silence and Mr George Taylor played the Last Post and the Reveille.

Air Commodore VL Warrington OBE, the President of the Ross Branch of the Royal British Legion, placed the Legion's wreath at the foot of the war memorial.

For the Ross Womens' Section of the RBL a wreath was laid by Mrs Rosemary Ceci.

The Mayor of Ross, Councillor John Davies, laid a wreath on behalf of Ross Town Council and Herefordshire Councillor Gordon Lucas laid the County's wreath.

Councillor Chris Bartrum laid a wreath for the Liberal Democrats, while Councillor David Ravenscroft placed a wreath on behalf of the Conservative Association and Philip Hart placed one for Ross Conservative Club.

Further wreaths of poppies were laid for the following organisations: The Sea Cadets, the Army Cadets, the Air Cadets, the Scouts and Guides, the Police, the Fire Service, the Ambulance Service, the St John Ambulance Brigade, the Women's Royal Voluntary Service, the Rotary International, the Inner Wheel, the Lions International, the Round Table, the Ross-Condé Twinning and the Ross-Betzdorf Twinning Associations, the Ross Chamber of Trade, Ross Probus, Kyrle Probus, Vaga Probus, the South Herefordshire Tourist Association, the Falkland Families Association and John Kyrle High School. For the Royal British Legion, Ian Hedges was in command of the ceremony and march past.

Relatives of those who had lost relatives in more recent conflicts were present and Royal British Legion organiser, Major Emery, had invited relatives of all those whose names appear on the monument to place small wooden crosses in the grass.

Although everyone got very wet, the feeling was, "we can put up with it, to remember what they had to endure in the trenches in World War I."

At the service which followed in St Mary's Church, Air Commodore Warrington and Fred Jones gave the readings.

On November 11th at 11am the centre of Ross fell silent to remember the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I. The flag in the market place was raised and lowered to mark the beginning and end of the two minute silence.