ARMISTICE Day on Tuesday was marked across Craven with official ceremonies, in addition to the unveiling of a plaque in honour of the men from Glusburn and Cross Hills who died in the First World War.

It also saw a football match between 13 teams of school pupils and students at Sandylands Sports Centre in Skipton.

Teams of 17 to 19-year-olds from Craven College, Skipton Girls High School and Ermysted’s Grammar School took part in the event in memory of a football match played out between the British and Germans on Christmas Eve, 1914.

The Remembrance Day match started with the Last Post at 11am, played by college student Patrick Travis and followed by two minutes’ silence.

Patrick, who plays in the Skipton Royal British Legion Band, Skipton Brass Band and the North Yorkshire Youth Ensemble, said he was very proud to be part of the event.

“My ambition is to go into the Royal Marines and become an officer, so this has been a big day for me,” he said.

Tuesday also saw the official unveiling of a plaque in tribute to the men from Glusburn and Cross Hills who died in the First World War. More than 60 people, including pupils from Glusburn Primary School, saw Sir Edward Horsfall, Baronet of Hayfield and representative of the Horsfall family, once benefactors to the village, carry out the official unveiling in the garden off Park Street.

The plaque carries the names of 57 men, following the research of David Birks, retired South Craven School deputy head teacher.