On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, time stood still in Langford in honour of fallen members of Canada's armed forces.

Hundreds of people joined veterans, Legion members and local dignitaries at the cenotaph in Veterans Memorial Park for the annual Remembrance Day service.

"Remembering," says Dave Mattson, a retired chief warrant officer, when asked what Remembrance Day means to him.

"I remember good times and bad," he adds.

During the ceremony, a poem written by Second World War veteran, John Dumbeck, titled 'Eleven', was read to the hundreds of people in attendance.

"The mere mention of D-Day sends quivers to my soul," said the former bomber pilot, when he was asked to say a few words ahead of the reading.

Joining guests invited to lay wreaths at the cenotaph, were local dignitaries including Langford Mayor Scott Goodmanson, District of Highlands Mayor Ken Williams and MLA-elect for Langford-Highlands Ravi Parmar.

Cherishing a Second World War hero

On the other side of the city, a special Remembrance Day ceremony was held in honour of decorated Second World War veteran, 102-year-old Donovan Nixon.

Residents of the retirement community, Cherish at Central Park, joined friends and family of Nixon, who was presented with a plaque to mark his contribution to the war.

The former bomber pilot made headlines across Canada in October when he received greeting cards from around the world on his 102nd birthday.

Close friend Marlene Graham had posted an appeal on social media asking for people to bombard the veteran with cards, and hundreds responded.

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