The special service held at the War Memorial, led by Rev Dr Francis Marsden, was organised by Chorley Council and Kinga Grzeczynska, director of Chorley Holocaust Memorial Day.
The International Holocaust Remembrance Day or the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, is an international memorial day on January 27. It commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, which resulted in the murders of one third of the global Jewish population, along with countless members of other minorities between 1933 and 1945 by Nazi Germany.
5. Chorley remembers the Holocaust victims
Wreaths were laid by representatives of a variety of services and organisations at the service. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard Photo: Kelvin Stuttard
6. Chorley remembers the Holocaust victims
Lindsay Hoyle, Chorley's MP and Speaker of the House of Commons, lays a wreath at the service. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard Photo: Kelvin Stuttard
7. Chorley remembers the Holocaust victims
Saluting the victims of Holocaust and Genocide at the service in Astley Park, Chorley. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard Photo: Kelvin Stuttard
8. Chorley remembers the Holocaust victims
All generations were represented at the service to remember victims of Holocaust and Genocide in Chorley. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard Photo: Kelvin Stuttard