A TRIBUTE to the 1,400 bellringers who were killed in the first world war will sound across Wiltshire and the country on November 11.

Allison Bucknell, who chairs Wiltshire Council and is a bell ringer in her spare time, said: “Wiltshire is in the region covered by the Salisbury Guild of Ringers, which lost 75 ringers during the First World War, including the six from Edington.

"I would like to encourage people to take part in Ringing Remembers and learn to ring in memory of the 1,400 ringers that lost their lives.

“All new ringers will ring together across the country on November 11 as part of the national commemorations to mark the centenary of the Armistice,and we would love people to play their part in this fitting tribute.”

The Ringing Remembers campaign aims to recruit 1,400 new bell ringers to take part in the commemorations across the country and ring a full peal of bells on 11 November.

Ringing is open to adults and children alike, with the youngest learners normally around the age of 10.

So far 1,000 people have signed up to the Ringing Remembers campaign, including more than 70 people from Wiltshire.

The bells will be rung in unison at churches and cathedrals all over the country at 12.30pm on Armistice Day

To find out more about Ringing Remembers and to sign up, people can visit big-ideas.org/project/ringing-remembers/