Two friends are working hard to ensure commemorations to mark the end of the First World War are truly special – and so far they're doing a pretty impressive job.

A convoy of First World War vehicles, accompanied by a full crew in period dress, made its way across parts of Dorset at the weekend, delighting crowds of supporters.

The 'homecoming' convoy was organised in part to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War.

Bridport's Rowlie Moores and Paul Violet are highly involved in ongoing centenary commemorations.

The pair reconstructed a First World War trench system back in 2014 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War. It featured at the Great Dorset Steam Fair.

The trench system, which incorporated firing steps, underground dug-outs and above ground gun pits, as well as an area of ‘no man’s land,’ was only intended to last for the duration of the 2014 show, however, due to its immense popularity, and in conjunction with the landowner, it has been kept at the site for the full duration of the First World War centenary, which culminates this year.

Prior to the 2014 Great Dorset Steam Fair show, and the opening of the trench system, a First World War convoy road run, organised by Mr Moores and David Allen, ran from the Tank Museum, Bovington, to the Great Dorset Steam Fair site at Tarrant Hinton, Blandford.

And so it was fitting that to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War, Mr Moores and Mr Allen, along with Great Dorset Steam Fair managing director, Martin Oliver, and the show’s board of directors, arranged a homecoming convoy which travelled from Bovington Camp to the the steam fair site at Tarrant Hinton on Saturday. A The impressive convoy included a McLaren war department steam road locomotive pulling a trailer with a replica War Horse Mark IV male tank, a Holt 75 Gun Tractor, replica Howitzer gun, trucks, lorries and mounted cavalry horses.

For more information, visit www.gdsf.co.uk