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Huntingdon gathers to mark the centenary of the First World War

Young girl guides in Huntingdon stood side by side with men and women in uniform representing the military services, councillors and townsfolk on Monday, their heads bowed in respectful silence before the statue of The Thinking Solider. As they did so, with the flags they were carrying lowered to the ground, Huntingdon mayor, Councillor Bill Hensley, read out the Declaration of War made 100 years ago by the Prime Minister Henry Asquith.