WARMINSTER Town Park will welcome a memorial tree in time for Remembrance Sunday after a lady and her granddaughter wrote to Wiltshire council petitioning for it to be planted.

Sue Woodyat, and her granddaughter, Alice, 11, decided to write to the council requesting for a tree to be planted in memory of the fallen of World War One after Alice became interested whilst attending an expedition at Salisbury imperial museum with Sambourne school.

The tree is one of a 1000 trees to be planted across the county in celebration for those who fought in the great war.

Mrs Woodyatt, who is a member of the Warminster military wives quality, recently returned home from the Menin Gate in Ypres with her husband Trevor Woodyatt who wore medals, beret and blazer along with other veterans present at the parade.

She said: “As a war town it is important that we have something to commemorate this historic date. I am thrilled that my granddaughter and the school are taking an interest in something that ended 100 years ago.”

It is a requirement that the tree will be planted around remembrance Sunday however, the exact location has not yet been confirmed, but Mrs Woodyatt believes the tree will not be complete without a placard.

Ms Woodyatt added: “The tree will not be complete without a plaque or a bench so people can be reminded of the sacrifice made every time they walk past. I hope other members of the community are willing to join.

“I have spoken to Stewart Legg of the town council, and the school who are keen to start fundraising to try and get a plaque.

Trowbridge Royal British Legion members, Geoff Moore and Eddie Edwards, walked with pride as part of pilgrimage, with more than 1,100 RBL branches, that followed the footsteps of First World War veterans and war widows who took part in a parade to the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium in 1928.

The wreath, placed at the Menin Gate on behalf of the town, bore an inscription written by Year 2 and 3 pupils from the town’s Castle Mead Primary School.

It read: “Dear soldier, thank you for fighting for us and making it a good world. Thank you for your bravery because without it our country would be destroyed. We remember your sacrifices that made our country a better place. In the future I hope that there will be no more wars.”