President John Dramani Mahama on Monday spearheaded a wreath-laying ceremony at the Christianborg Memorial Ark to remember all the departed heroes of the land.
He laid a wreath on behalf of government and people of Ghana at a programme that attracted officers and men from all the security services.
Peter Jones, British High Commissioner, laid a wreath on behalf of the Commonwealth and Allied countries, while Vice Admiral Matthew Mensah, Chief of Defence Staff laid another on behalf of the security services.
Commodore (rtd) Steve Obimbeh laid another wreath on behalf of the Veterans and Ex-servicemen, while Nii Kinka Dowuona, Osu Mantse and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps laid two others on behalf of chiefs and people of Osu and the diplomatic corps respectively.
The Remembrance Day is observed annually to commemorate all the past heroes that lost their lives in the first and second world wars, while defending their citizenry and beyond.
Over 1,800 members of the commonwealth lost their lives in the two world wars in which most of the casualties were from the West African forces.
Such heroes commemorated in seven sites in Ghana and maintain nine foreign graves and 48 non-world war graves.
Although such cemeteries are supervised by the military throughout the country, maintenance of the sites is carried out on a repayment basis by the local Department of Parks and Gardens under the overall supervision of the Chief Parks and Gardens Officer in Accra.
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