WHILE many associate Remembrance Sunday with the world wars, one Southport family was at the service to pay tribute to a young soldier who was killed last year.
Corporal Michael Gilyeat, from the Royal Military Police, died with American and Canadian crew members when the helicopter they were in crashed in Northern Helmand in Afghanistan.
He had been working as a photographer with the media operations team at the time.
The 28-year-old's name was added the Southport War Memorial this year.
His father, also Mike, who served for 18 years in the Royal Signal Corps himself, was invited along to lay a wreath in Michael's memory.
Mike, who is now secretary of Birkdale Golf Club, said: "I always go to the Remembrance Sunday service because I've lost friends in the army.
"But this year was a really poignant day for me as this was the first year that Mike's name was on the memorial.
"The Mayor invited us to come along this year and lay the wreath. It was a very proud day as I was very proud of Michael."
Corporal Mike Gilyeat was born in Hanover in Germany and came to Southport when his parents settled there.
He had previously served in Iraq and Northern Ireland.
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