Oldham West & Royton Parliamentary spokesperson Mark Alcock joined the Mayor of Oldham Cllr Jim McArdle along with Armed Forces Veterans in Oldham to raise the Armed Forces Day flag at precisely 10.30am on Monday to mark the start of Armed Forces Week.
OLDHAM honoured its servicemen and women by flying a new flag in preparation for the first ever Armed Forces Day on Saturday.
Fusilier Alex Ross, of the First Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, raised the flag at Oldham's war memorial, watched by a large crowd of onlookers.