FIRST World War soldiers, nurses and suffragettes made of straw stood proudly along the streets of Ambrosden this weekend for the annual village scarecrow competition.

Once again this month, villagers were challenged to create their own straw-filled masterpieces to display in gardens up and down the village.

But this year the theme for creations to follow was 1918 - marking 100 years since the end of the First World War.

In total, eight scarecrows were put up for the annual event and villagers were invited on Saturday to head to the church, grab a map and follow the scarecrow trail.

This included military men in uniform, suffragettes, Red Cross nurses, poppies and sandbags.

Seven-year-old Zara Colyer was among those taking part and helped create one of the suffragettes, fitted with a placard and sash reading Votes for Women.

Elsewhere, four-year-old Toren Edward Docherty helped make a soldier – who had propped himself up in a comfy position, complete with boots, helmet and poppy.

Amelia and Page Stevenson also joined in the scarecrow trail and were among villagers who help vote for the best creations.

In the end 'ANZAC soldiers at rest' complete with Australian flag were voted top scarecrow for 2018, followed second by the nurse, and third by 'the soldier'.

One of the organising team Jill Colyer said: "It was lovely to see lots of people enjoying the fun of searching for the scarecrows, even the weather brighten after the rainy start to the day.

"We are now busy getting things organised for our remembrance event and the extremely popular Christmas tree weekend on December 1 and 2."