WINCHESTER MP Steve Brine commemorated one of his predecessors at a service in Westminster.

Lt Col Guy Baring was one of 22 MPs killed in the First World War, who was remembered at the ceremony.

He died during the Battle of the Somme in 1916, having been elected to the House of Commons ten years earlier.

The service, which was held in the ancient Chapel of St Mary Undercroft, in the Palace of Westminster, was led by Speaker John Bercow and the Speaker’s Chaplain, Rose Hudson-Wilkin.

The MP attended the service with Lt Col’s great-great nephew Mark Baring.

Mr Baring said: “I am delighted to have been invited to attend this remembrance service for the fallen MPs of the First World War, including my great-great uncle Guy Baring. He volunteered despite being over 40 and having six children at home. I think it is very important we acknowledge his service”.

Mr Brine said: “Winchester is one of the oldest constituencies in the land and because of that I have a great many predecessors with many stories to tell but it’s been especially moving to find out a little bit about Guy Baring in recent weeks.

“He died serving his country just a few years older than I am now and I think it’s tremendously important we remember him in this centenary year of the Great War. It was a conflict which cost millions of lives and it’s sobering to reflect how that was true of many Members’ of Parliament in the prime of their careers as well.”