Ammanford will continue to remember the fallen at 2pm on Remembrance Sunday following a vote taken by town councillors.

A letter sent to Ammanford Town Council by the chairperson of the Ammanford Branch of the Royal British Legion, Gilmor Childs, was read out at a full council meeting held on September 10 and advised councillors to stick to the traditional time slot instead of changing the time to 11am to follow suit with the rest of the United Kingdom.

Mr Childs stated that his reasons for opposing to the change was down to the fact that the service had taken place at the memorial gates at Ammanford Park at 2pm for 90 years and that there was no reason to change it.

Royal British Legion member, Ken Burton, who attended the meeting, told the council that a reason to keep to the traditional timing was to work around the youth organisations who take part in the service annually and will be the people who “carry it on”.

At the meeting, a majority of councillors voted for the time to be kept at 2pm.

The letter follows concerns raised by veterans who want the time to change to be the same as the rest of the country.

There has even been plans made by ex-servicemen and women to boycott the town's remembrance service.

Robert Jones wrote a letter to the Guardian to express his feelings following the decision.

He wrote: “As an Army veteran of 32 years’ service I was amazed to be told the Ammanford Branch of The Royal British Legion had advised the Town Council to hold the parade at 2pm.

“This is the centenary anniversary and the whole of the UK is remembering the glorious dead at the 11th hour.

“Why are we as a town not doing the same? If any veterans want to join me at 11am at the memorial gates in Ammanford Park we will remember our friends and comrades then.”