SELKIRK fell silent at 11am on Sunday - exactly 100 years after the guns of World War One ceased.

Special commemorations, which included cascades of poppies from the Parish Church and Pant Well, had taken place in the week's leading up the anniversary.

And the town's War Memorial was illuminated red as mark of respect for the men from the Royal Burgh who never returned from the 1914-18 conflict.

Lone piper Kevin Turnbull sounded Battle's O'er at 6am on the steps where the names of all 292 are listed in bronze.

And the Standard Bearers from the Royal British Legion and Selkirk Ex-Soldiers Association were joined this year by the town's historic Casting Associations for a colourful parade from the War Memorial to the Parish Church.

Following the Service of Remembrance the parade, led by Selkirk Pipe Band, retraced its footsteps to observe two minutes' silence and lay wreaths to honour the fallen from all conflicts.

Representatives from Scottish Borders Council and Selkirk Community Council as well as the Cadets, Scouts, Guides and Fire Service all laid wreaths.

David Deacon, coordinator of the Selkirk Remembrance project, said: "We have commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of First World War – and I feel Selkirk has done this as a community.”

A total of 1296 young men left Selkirk to fight for their country on the battlefields of Europe and beyond during the 1914-1918 conflict.

Only 1004 of them came home.