Pictured are some of those who joined a walk along the seafront organised by Minehead branch of Save the Children on Friday (September 6) to celebrate the charity’s centenary.

In 1919, Eglantine Jebb was arrested in Trafalgar Square for distributing leaflets that bore images of starving German and Austrian children.

Legally, she did not have a case as she had not got permission but her passion impressed prosecutor Sir Archibald Bodkin so much he offered to pay her £5 fine.

She insisted on paying but took his money for a fund she named Save the Children.

Now, 100 years on, it helps children in more than 60 countries.