A WW2 veteran who celebrated his 100th birthday at the beginning of this year has joined Portishead’s annual Remembrance Parade.

Hundreds of people lined Portishead High Street to watch the parade this year.

The parade that saw crowds four and five people deep along the entire parade route from the Stoke Road/High Street junction to St Peter’s Church.

The town’s hero, World War II veteran Arthur Oborne, who celebrated his 100th birthday at the beginning of this year, took a major part in the event.

Arthur is the last surviving World War II member of the Portishead Branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL); he was wounded on 9 June 1944, three days after the D-Day landings in Normandy.

The veteran read out the names of those from Portishead who lost their lives in World War II, while the names of those who lost their lives in other conflicts were read out by Rev Robert Dewing, MP Sadik Al-Hassan and St Peter’s School headteacher Catrin Battista.

The act of Remembrance concluded with a two-minute silence followed by Last Post courtesy of a bugler from the Town Band.

Arthur then led the parade, marching unaided among spontaneous applause from the crowds to Tudor Garage where he joined other veterans on stage to take a salute as the parade passed.

A waiting police car escorted Arthur to the church for a special Remembrance Service.

The parade, which included veterans, the town band, rescue services, brownies, guides, cubs, scouts and other community groups, was organised by the Portishead branch of the RBL and Portishead Town Council.

The Nursery in Portishead also joined the commemoration and attended an event to honour Remembrance Sunday.