D-Day veteran Tom Hopkinson, (Royal Navy), and Alan Belton, (Army, intelligence corps), joined Chairman Councillor Jodie Brown, guests, county councillors and colleagues at the service.
Also present at the service hosted by Councillor Brown were HM Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire Elizabeth Fothergill CBE and our Armed Forces Champion Councillor Tony Wilson.
The service started with a march into County Hall by a team from the Long Eaton Sea Cadets and was followed with readings, poems and prayers by Councillor Jason Isherwood, Councillor Lewis Whitbread and Councillor Brown leading up to the national 2-minute silence at 11am.
Chairman Councillor Brown delivered the Ode – For the Fallen as well as reading out the names of fallen council officers which are commemorated on a memorial inside County Hall.
A number of wreaths were laid by the memorial and The Last Post and Reveille were played by senior pensions assistant Izzy Jepson.
Pictured before the service are (front row to back row, left to right): Front row: Veterans Tom Hopkinson and Alan Belton with Long Eaton Sea Cadets Able Cadet Ella Geary, Leading Cadet Sarah-Ellen Armstrong, Leading Cadet Mitchell Whitton, DCC Chairman Cllr Jodie Brown, HM Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire Elizabeth Fothergill CBE, DCC Vice Chairman Cllr Rob Reaney. Second row: DCC Chief Executive Neil Crittenden, DCC Cllr Alan Graves on behalf of the Reform UK group, DCC Armed Forces Champion Cllr Tony Wilson. Third row: Bugle player, DCC staff member Izzy Jepson, DCC Cllr Gez Kinsella on behalf of the Green Party group, DCC Cllr Alex Dale on behalf of the Conservative group. Fourth row: Leader of Matlock Town Council Cllr Jason Knighton, DCC Cllr Tom Snowdon on behalf of the Liberal Democrat group, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service Chief Fire Officer Michael Sharman. Back row: Vincent Trussell on behalf of Unison and Adrian Baldwin on behalf of Unite.