More than 200 people gathered at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford for an Armistice Day ceremony.

The Turning the Pages ceremony was held in the cathedral this morning and the names of soldiers from the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars were read out.

The service was attended by members of the Armed Forces, the Royal British Legion and the Oxfordshire Army Cadet Force.

Terry Roper, chairman of the Oxford branch of the Royal Green Jackets Association, read out some of the names from the Book of Remembrance.

He said: "It is very poignant to read the names out on Armistice Day at a time when the whole nation is remembering the fallen.

"People are wearing their poppies to remember those who gave their lives.

"The Rifles took a lot of casualties in Afghanistan when I was casualty officer so it hits home to me how important it is to remember them."

Names were also read out by Army Cadet Force member Ryan Dynan, 17, from Banbury, who has signed up to join The Royal Engineers.

He said: "I feel very privileged to be asked to do this."

Also reading names from the Book of Remembrance was Dr Sheila King, whose great uncle Frank Carter was among the soldiers being commemorated.

Dr King, who was born in Bicester and is now living in Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, is great niece of Lance Corporal Frank Carter, of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on August 22, 1917, in the third battle of Ypres, otherwise known as the Battle of Passchendaele.

Dr King said: "Frank was born in Grimsbury, near Banbury, and joined up in 1915 after leaving his job as a printer's assistant.

"During the war he spent all his time on the Western Front and was south of the Menin Road when a shell exploded and he was killed.

"The whole family is very pleased that he is being remembered in this way.

"I am delighted to be here to remember Frank, the other fallen soldiers, and those who fought and lived.

"Since the First World War there have been conflicts continuously throughout the globe."

The service, which included The Last Post and two-minute silence, was conducted by Sub Dean of Christ Church the Rev Canon Dr Edmund Newey.

The Armistice Day service concluded with the Isaac Watts hymn O God, our help in ages past.

Phil Morrison, a veteran of the 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets, said he attended to remember all those who have fought and died, 'not just in the UK but around the world'.

The 59-year-old from East Hanney added: "Back in 1981 I was in Crossmaglen in Northern Ireland and I got shot in the back.

"A few years later I was invalided out."