Today on Remembrance Sunday, Burngreave Cemetery held a small gathering to remember those who sacrificed their lives in the war.

The Friends of Burngreave who organised the event commemorated this year’s Remembrance Sunday by placing wreaths on the cross of sacrifice and holding a two minute silence.

Judith Lievesley, from the Eyes On, Hands On war grave volunteer and ex-Royal Navy spoke to Sheffield Rise and said that those who served are never forgotten.

She said: “Someone’s put some fresh roses on a grave over here in memory for their great-uncle, which just goes to show that people are still remembering.”

Judith had two great uncles who died during the war and as an ex-royal marine Remembrance Sunday for her is particularly important.

When speaking what remembrance day means to her she said: “Quite literally is about remembering and being grateful to these men and women who served during the war.”

Burngreave cemetery has 298 war casualties resting in the cemetery, largely because the war hospitals were in Sheffield and Northern General Hospital was the asylum.

Many soldiers came to Sheffield for treatment and never left. 

Christine Steers, 80 who is also part of the Friends of Burngreave also shared her sentiment about remembrance.

She said: “All those poor young people that were not being given a life and all the people that already had a wife and children that were killed for no good reason basically.”

Christine’s personal connection traces back to her mother’s cousins who served in the First World War.

She also explained how public interest in Remembrance Day is decreasing, especially in the younger generation since they’re not under any threat of war.

She said: “Because it was set up to remember the people that died in the first world war, which is 1940, So even the people that served in the war and their relatives have died like  my mum’s cousins died in that war but there’s nobody to remember them.”

Burngreave Cemetery offers a book listing every Sheffield soldier who died, and also have a military department showcasing medals and buttons of shirts for the public to view.