PEOPLE flocked into Burnley this weekend to honour war heroes in a special parade and church service.

The event organised by the Queen's East Lancashire Regiment Association's Burnley and Pendle branch commemorated the soldiers who died fighting in Gallipoli in 1915 during the First World War.

It is the first time Burnley has commemorated the war heroes of Gallipoli but according to David Elliott of the branch it will now become an annual event.

Those taking part included the Band of the Lancastrian Brigade, 22 standard bearers, the Queen's Lancashire Regiment Association and army cadets, Royal Navy and Royal Marine Associations, Army Associations and the Royal British Legion.