Crowds gathered on the Weymouth seafront to honour former Australian and New Zealand personnel.

Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) Day, is held every year on April 25.

It is the anniversary of the First World War Gallipoli landings and is a national day of remembrance for both countries to honour and remember former service personnel.

Weymouth Town's annual Anzac Day was blessed with good weather as local officials and veterans paid their respects in a touching ceremony by laying wreaths at the Anzac Memorial.

It was attended by the Mayor of Weymouth Cllr Ann Weaving, Cllr Christine James, Armed Forces Covenant Champion, veterans, Lt Cdr Kara Wansbury, Royal Australian Navy, Lt Cdr James Williams and the Royal New Zealand Navy.

Mayor Ann Weaving was honoured to attend the ceremony.

She said: "Weymouth Town Council is honoured to have the opportunity to host this important celebration.

"Everything went perfectly, even the weather."

The mayor laid a wreath on the memorial alongside those laid by ex-service organisations.

"I don't know how to say thank you enough to the people who fought and lost their lives, added the Cllr Weaving.

"We wouldn't be here today without them. As always it was such a touching event and a great honour to attend."

The service was carried out by the Mayor’s Chaplain, Honorary Alderman Rev’d Brian Ellis in front of the Anzac Memorial, which is located on the seafront opposite the Hotel Prince Regent.

The Anzac Memorial on Weymouth seafront commemorates the thousands of Australian and New Zealand volunteer service personnel who passed through camps and hospitals in Dorset during the First World War between battles in the Middle East and those on the Western Front in Europe.

Thousands of Anzac troops died alongside British allies in the ill-fated 1915 campaign.

The three-sided monolith memorial was unveiled on Weymouth's seafront on June 1, 2005, 90 years after the first Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Troops arrived in Weymouth after action in Gallipoli in 1915.