:00:04. > :00:08.DAVID DIMBLEBY: It's striking how a simple ceremony like that which
:00:08. > :00:15.takes place here this morning in the heart of London can exert such
:00:15. > :00:21.a hold on the nation's imagination. For over 90 years the Armistice of
:00:21. > :00:31.November 11th, 1918, which ended the First World War, has been
:00:31. > :00:33.
:00:33. > :00:37.The Queen will come here today to observe two minutes' silence at
:00:37. > :00:40.11.00, along with members of the Armed Forces, veterans of many
:00:40. > :00:45.conflicts and members of the public. Not just here, but all across
:00:45. > :00:49.Britain and around the world people will be gathering at War Memorials,
:00:49. > :00:56.perhaps contemplating the enormity of the sacrifices made in two World
:00:56. > :01:00.Wars, or perhaps thinking of those still dying today in Afghanistan.
:01:00. > :01:04.Nearly 400 British servicemen and women have been killed, over 500
:01:04. > :01:09.seriously injured, in the ten years of our operations there. Those on
:01:09. > :01:14.parade will often have more intimate memories of friends, of
:01:14. > :01:18.comrades who fought alongside them. Already on either side of the
:01:18. > :01:23.Cenotaph the detachments representing the Armed Forces and
:01:23. > :01:29.the other services who will going to be on parade here, they are
:01:29. > :01:32.assembling. The Household Cavalry are here, the Life Guards. Among
:01:32. > :01:37.them Corporal of Horse Ben Lewis who recently recovered from
:01:37. > :01:47.injuries that he suffered last year in Afghanistan when his Scimitar
:01:47. > :01:52.armoured vehicle was hit by an IED. The Royal Marines are here. C-
:01:52. > :01:56.Company of 40 Commando, known as 'Charlie' Company. They are
:01:56. > :01:59.commanded by Major Chris Hall who was part of 40 Commando's first
:01:59. > :02:06.tour of duty in Afghanistan ten years ago. Along with other members
:02:06. > :02:14.of the unit on parade here, he's returned on further tours. 17
:02:14. > :02:17.members of 40 Commando have been killed in recent years. Also here
:02:17. > :02:20.the familiar figures of the 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles.
:02:21. > :02:24.Seven of them have died in Afghanistan, the most recent only
:02:24. > :02:33.last month. All these men on parade here today from the Gurkhas are
:02:33. > :02:36.going to be going back to Afghanistan next year. Then there's
:02:36. > :02:41.the 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards. During the battalion's
:02:41. > :02:51.second tour of Afghanistan, they returned last May, five soldiers
:02:51. > :02:52.
:02:52. > :02:56.were killed, 47 were wounded. Near here, down by Westminster Abbey
:02:56. > :03:04.every year, a Field of Remembrance is laid out, rows and rows of
:03:04. > :03:14.crosses are planted in memory of the dead. There I met two of these
:03:14. > :03:17.
:03:18. > :03:22.Coldstream Guardsmen, themselves What will you be thinking of?
:03:22. > :03:26.will be giving a few thoughts to those we lost. The company group
:03:26. > :03:30.lost five killed in action and a number of seriously wounded as well.
:03:30. > :03:34.I will be thinking about their families. I never really lost
:03:34. > :03:42.anyone close to me until I joined the Army. It was quite hard to deal
:03:42. > :03:46.with. Yeah, it does happen. You've got to deal with it in your own way.
:03:46. > :03:56.Thoughts of the lads we lost, the memories that we've got of them,
:03:56. > :04:04.that is what I will be thinking about on the Parade. Soldiers will
:04:04. > :04:08.think back on their most recent operational experience. As I stand,
:04:08. > :04:13.you will see all of the servicemen there with their minds back into
:04:13. > :04:17.which ever conflict it is they have been party to. Be it a World War,
:04:17. > :04:24.be it the Falkland Islands, be it Northern Ireland, Iraq, wherever.
:04:24. > :04:28.All of our minds will be back where we've come from. Probably ten years
:04:28. > :04:32.ago, Remembrance Sunday was probably more about remembering
:04:32. > :04:36.grandfathers and great uncles and fathers that had trod in our
:04:37. > :04:41.footsteps before. For a lot of us, it is a far more personal
:04:41. > :04:46.experience. We will be thinking about friends we have lost along
:04:46. > :04:50.the way. So at one moment in the year, for people to have the
:04:50. > :04:55.opportunity to stop, to think, to remember those people who have
:04:55. > :04:59.given so much to enable this way of life, that is terribly important.
:04:59. > :05:03.This is the first time I have been here. It was good to see all these
:05:03. > :05:07.people remembering the people that we lost. Maybe they haven't lost
:05:07. > :05:17.anyone. It's good that people show an interest and it is a good
:05:17. > :05:20.
:05:20. > :05:24.feeling to know that there's people DAVID DIMBLEBY: It's a beautiful
:05:24. > :05:29.morning here in London and a good thing, too, for the thousands of
:05:29. > :05:32.veterans who have assembled here, many of them now are veterans of
:05:33. > :05:36.the Second World War of course, so they are quite elderly. No-one left
:05:36. > :05:42.from World War One. There they are, the familiar figures, the bright
:05:42. > :05:46.Red Caps of the Military Police. People who assemble each year with
:05:46. > :05:52.old comrades under the auspices of the Royal British Legion, but in
:05:52. > :05:59.groups either by regiment, or by ship, or by which part of the Royal
:05:59. > :06:01.Air Force they were in - Bomber Command, or Fighter Command -
:06:01. > :06:06.people representing charities, people representing places they
:06:06. > :06:12.have been to, battles they have thought, not just in the Second
:06:12. > :06:16.World War, but in all the wars since - Korea, veterans from there,
:06:16. > :06:21.from the Falklands, Afghanistan and Iraq. They treat this as a great
:06:21. > :06:25.moment, not just to remember the dead, but also to re-join friends
:06:25. > :06:29.who they have fought with. Among the veterans, Ron Smith, who was a
:06:29. > :06:33.veteran of D-Day where he was in a landing craft that carried six
:06:33. > :06:41.tanks and it was hit just as it came up the beach killing four men.
:06:41. > :06:47.He's talking now to Sophie Raworth. SOPHIE RAWORTH: You have been part
:06:47. > :06:51.of the march-past many times now, do you know how many times you have
:06:51. > :06:57.been here? 15 or 16 times. I will keep coming here. The reason I come
:06:57. > :07:03.here is because I have seen people die in the Second World War. Two of
:07:03. > :07:10.them I knew very well. So I will keep coming back here. It becomes I
:07:10. > :07:17.suppose a habit because you say after a time... It is terribly
:07:17. > :07:22.humbling being here? Yes, I find that. I know when I finish I can
:07:22. > :07:29.hardly talk. There's a lump in my throat. That sort of thing. What is
:07:29. > :07:39.it that brings you back year after year like this? Well, it's exactly
:07:39. > :07:44.that. I still go to Portsmouth to our local meeting and we still do
:07:44. > :07:48.various ceremonies et cetera, when it is called upon. And I just like
:07:48. > :07:52.being here with all these chaps. you remember anyone in particular
:07:52. > :08:02.when you are walking past the Cenotaph? You are laying a wreath
:08:02. > :08:09.this year? Yes, a chap named Steven Wright. I knew him very well. He
:08:09. > :08:14.was taken to another landing craft as a crew member and he died, the
:08:14. > :08:21.landing craft was sunk on D-Day. There's so much support here, isn't
:08:21. > :08:29.there? Yes. I'm surprised it never seems to diminish. I suppose quite
:08:29. > :08:33.a lot of - I'm 87, nearly 87, and quite a lot of them still come here,
:08:33. > :08:40.you know. I don't know whether I will make it next year. I'm not
:08:40. > :08:43.quite sure about that. I'm here with Richie Puttock, you served
:08:43. > :08:48.with the Royal Marines. There are so many people from so many
:08:48. > :08:52.different generations who have had very different experiences but are
:08:52. > :08:57.united in many ways? That is very true. You can see service people
:08:57. > :09:01.that are still serving, going all the way back 60 or 70 years ago.
:09:01. > :09:06.There is that shared theme of hardship and experiences and things
:09:06. > :09:10.like that. I have only just met Ron and he informs me one of his
:09:10. > :09:13.favourite pastimes was getting the Royal Marines wet. There's already
:09:13. > :09:17.that banter which bonds us altogether. Huge applause as more
:09:17. > :09:21.of the veterans line up here. Huge respect for all of the people here
:09:21. > :09:24.today? It is very humbling for anyone that's served in the Armed
:09:24. > :09:29.Forces to see the public appreciation and the respect and
:09:29. > :09:36.admiration the Armed Forces of this country are held in. Thank you very
:09:36. > :09:42.much, both of you. DAVID DIMBLEBY: One of the lead
:09:42. > :09:47.columns there, St dunstan's who look after and try to rehabilitate
:09:47. > :09:51.those blinded in war. You can see the men carrying their white sticks.
:09:51. > :09:56.We are going to have of course the traditional music from the Massed
:09:56. > :10:00.Bands here today, the Massed Bands of the Guards Division and the
:10:00. > :10:06.Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards. They will
:10:06. > :10:13.be playing the music. It's both stirring and sad and that will lead
:10:13. > :10:21.us up to 11.00. The Pipes and Drums have a military role. They are not
:10:21. > :10:28.just musicians. They also serve as armoured infantrymen. Last year,
:10:28. > :10:35.one of their drummers, Lance Corporal Stephen Monkhouse was
:10:35. > :10:43.killed. The bandsmen and women can also volunteer for operations.
:10:43. > :10:47.Somewhere down there is a young pick low player, who is just back
:10:47. > :10:54.from Kabul where she was working as a driver in the infantry battle
:10:54. > :10:57.school. They prepare to play the music. They are under the baton of
:10:57. > :11:07.Colonel Graham Jones this morning, the Senior Director of Music. They
:11:07. > :11:45.
:11:45. > :11:55.MUSIC: "Rule Britannia" MUSIC: "Rule Britannia"
:11:55. > :12:06.
:12:07. > :12:11.MUSIC: "Heart Of Oak" DAVID DIMBLEBY: The Massed Banded
:12:11. > :12:16.now play Heart of Oak, the Minstrel Boy and Men of Harlech. Among those
:12:16. > :12:20.who are on parade this morning, the Korean veterans. In 1950, that was
:12:20. > :12:24.five years after the end of the Second World War, the so-called
:12:24. > :12:29.Cold War between communism and the West turned hot as fighting broke
:12:29. > :12:37.out in Korea between the Chinese and Western forces, fighting under
:12:37. > :12:41.the banner of the United Nations. Tony Eagles and Sam Mercer were in
:12:41. > :12:47.their 20s when they were sent to fight in this country that they had
:12:47. > :12:49.scarcely heard of and now, 60 years later, they came back to their
:12:49. > :12:59.regimental chapel in Gloucester Cathedral where friends and
:12:59. > :12:59.
:12:59. > :13:09.comrades who never returned are I can see those people now,
:13:09. > :13:10.
:13:10. > :13:18.as they were then, There's not one of them in the
:13:18. > :13:26.And I knew all those people Eric Brown. Henry and I were a team
:13:26. > :13:29.And of course the North Koreans gothold of him and, um, tortured him.
:13:29. > :13:32.Tortured him to death
:13:32. > :13:42.because he wouldn't tell them what they wanted to know.
:13:42. > :13:44.
:13:44. > :13:44.The
:13:44. > :13:44.The glosters
:13:44. > :13:48.The glosters dug
:13:48. > :13:58.The glosters dug in on the hillsides overlooking the Imjin
:13:58. > :14:05.
:14:05. > :14:09.River, facing 10,000 Chinese troops, There were not enough United
:14:09. > :14:15.Nations soldiers to stand across the Korean peninsula. The Chinese
:14:15. > :14:19.had that advantage, but we did not. It seemed like dozens of them and
:14:19. > :14:26.then you keep shooting. Most of them will fall down. Some just go
:14:26. > :14:31.away. Then others would come again and take their place. You couldn't
:14:31. > :14:35.shoot fast enough. The Glosters held out for three days. By then
:14:35. > :14:42.they were surrounded and their ammunition had run out. After the
:14:42. > :14:50.battle, only 63 of them had escaped. The rest of the battalion were dead
:14:50. > :14:59.or captured. The battle at Imjin River remains the costliest
:15:00. > :15:09.engagement since 1914. Sometimes it makes you think perhaps they were
:15:10. > :15:10.
:15:10. > :16:06.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:16:06. > :16:16.The pipes and drums with the sky boat song. Now the Massed Bands
:16:16. > :16:23.
:16:23. > :16:29.And the band will now play Isle of Beauty.
:16:29. > :16:34.We saw 48 commando Royal Marine on parade a moment ago. Last year Paul
:16:34. > :16:41.warren a 23-year-old serving with 40 Commando was fatally injured in
:16:41. > :16:48.Afghanistan. But left his family in Lancashire bereft.
:16:48. > :16:53.He was just like every other boy. Always getting into mischief.
:16:53. > :16:57.Accident prone, always in the wrong place, doing the wrong things,
:16:57. > :17:00.always enjoying himself and and always with a smile on his face. I
:17:01. > :17:05.could never tell him off. I think he was around eight years old when
:17:05. > :17:09.he said, "I would like to be a soldier." He didn't know what part
:17:09. > :17:14.of the military he wanted to be in, but he just knew that's what he
:17:14. > :17:18.wanted to be. Paul joined the Marines in 2006. Getting his green
:17:18. > :17:24.beret was outstanding. As a family, we were just so proud, not just me
:17:24. > :17:29.and his mum, his brothers, cousins, uncles, a lot of them came to the
:17:29. > :17:34.passing out and we were so proud, but we knew where he would be going
:17:34. > :17:38.and that was Afghanistan. When he came back the first time we
:17:38. > :17:45.thought, "That's it. It is out of his system. He has done what he was
:17:45. > :17:50.going to do. He will go and do other things within the Marines and
:17:50. > :17:57.." He decided that he would like to go back. It was on the 21 21st June,
:17:57. > :18:01.Monday, a day after Father's Day and Paul had just rang us up on the
:18:01. > :18:10.Sunday and he sounded really happy. Monday me and my wife was just sat
:18:11. > :18:16.on the see tee. I just happened to look out and I saw a gentleman with
:18:16. > :18:22.a black band and I thought, "That is strange. Why is there a priest
:18:22. > :18:28.getting out of a car on the estate?" I just automatically
:18:28. > :18:33.thought, "No." I just said no to myself. As I said no, two Marines
:18:33. > :18:40.got out of the vehicle. Before they said anything, I knew Paul had been
:18:40. > :18:46.killed. The base was attacked and IEDs were
:18:46. > :18:50.thrown over the wall and Paul was walking towards them. One exploded
:18:50. > :19:00.in the air right next to him and the helicopter came and took him on
:19:00. > :19:07.board, but we were told he died on the helicopter before they landed
:19:07. > :19:10.in in Bastion. I feel him here. He wouldn't like what we are doing. He
:19:10. > :19:14.wouldn't like all the attention. He wouldn't like the flowers on his
:19:14. > :19:24.grave. He would just like to be under the radar all the time and
:19:24. > :19:29.
:19:29. > :19:31.that was Paul. His green beret is one of those
:19:31. > :19:36.cherished things that I have because that's what he was wearing
:19:36. > :19:46.when he was out there and I just get a feeling if we have got it, we
:19:46. > :19:46.
:19:46. > :20:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:20:38. > :20:45.have definitely got part of Paul Asted pipes play the lament, The
:20:45. > :20:55.Flowers of the Forest. A moment to reflect those who have
:20:55. > :20:55.
:20:55. > :22:37.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:22:37. > :22:47.The Massed Bands will now play one of the most haunting of melodies,
:22:47. > :22:47.
:22:47. > :26:53.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:26:53. > :27:03.MUSIC: "Nimrod" from the Enigma And now when Didos Lament, remember
:27:03. > :27:15.
:27:15. > :27:20.MUSIC: "Dido's Lament" The sight of the many cemeteries
:27:20. > :27:25.around the world with row upon row of tomb stones is the most poignant
:27:25. > :27:30.reminder along with war memorials in towns and villages of the price
:27:30. > :27:37.we pay for war. These words were written by a poet
:27:37. > :27:43.contemplating the names on the memorial in his local park. "we are
:27:43. > :27:50.your silent neighbours. Those who you may read about, but never see.
:27:50. > :28:00.The war dead listed in the park upon the granite memorial, but now
:28:00. > :28:00.
:28:00. > :29:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:29:30. > :29:39.Led by the Crossbearer, the children and gentlemen of the
:29:39. > :29:47.Chapel Royal, come out to take their place by the Cenotaph and the
:29:47. > :29:53.Bishop of London, Dean of the Chapel Royal. In front of him the
:29:53. > :29:59.Sub-Dean, William Scot and smartly out of the Foreign and Commonwealth
:29:59. > :30:07.Office, the Major General commanding the Household Division
:30:07. > :30:12.in London and the Chief-of-Staff, Colonel Matthewson. And they go
:30:12. > :30:18.down Whitehall towards the veterans where they are standing waiting for
:30:18. > :30:25.the march past later and next the Prime Minister, David Cameron leads
:30:25. > :30:33.the political group out, Nick Clegg on his right, the Leader of the
:30:33. > :30:38.Opposition, Ed Miliband, behind you They turn to their left and line up
:30:38. > :30:44.with their wreaths. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office are there.
:30:44. > :30:53.Gordon Brown there. Other Ministers. The Speaker of the House of Commons
:30:53. > :31:03.among them. Tony Blair among the former Prime Ministers with Gordon
:31:03. > :31:08.
:31:08. > :31:12.Brown and Sir John Major. Then the Chiefs of Staff, General Sir David
:31:13. > :31:18.Richards, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, General Sir Peter Wall, Chief of
:31:18. > :31:23.the Air Staff, and the Merchant and Civilian Services. They are
:31:23. > :31:27.followed by nearly 50 High Commissioners of various
:31:27. > :31:33.Commonwealth countries ranging from the very largest countries -
:31:33. > :31:38.Australia and India and Canada - to the smallest - Fiji and Tonga and
:31:38. > :31:45.Malta. Most of them took a part, some of them a very large part, in
:31:45. > :31:51.both World Wars and, indeed, in the wars since then. They line up on
:31:51. > :31:56.three sides of the Cenotaph and will be followed by the Religious
:31:56. > :32:02.Denominations. Though this Cenotaph memorial is deliberately not a
:32:02. > :32:10.religious memorial, a large number of religious groups come here.
:32:10. > :32:20.Apart from the Church of England, there are representatives of the
:32:20. > :32:22.
:32:22. > :32:32.Roman Catholic faith, Hindu, Greek Orthodox, and other Churches, the
:32:32. > :32:39.
:32:39. > :32:43.United Reform Church and the On the balcony, members of the
:32:43. > :32:48.Royal Family watch. On the left there, the Duchess of Cornwall and
:32:48. > :32:53.on the right, the new Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine Middleton, who,
:32:53. > :32:57.this year, married Prince William, the Countess of Wessex, married to
:32:57. > :33:02.Prince Edward beside her. Timney Lawrence, married to the Princess
:33:02. > :33:12.Royal. They stand here and on ser - - Timothy Laurence, married to the
:33:12. > :33:14.
:33:14. > :33:20.Princess Royal. They stand here and There are now two minutes, or just
:33:20. > :33:26.a little less, until 11.00 and the two-minute silence. The Parade is
:33:26. > :33:36.brought to attention and we await the arrival of the Royal Party led
:33:36. > :33:55.
:33:55. > :33:59.The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, Princess Royal,
:33:59. > :34:05.the Duke of York, the Earl of Wessex are there and the Duke of
:34:05. > :34:13.Kent. They take up a special position right in front of the
:34:13. > :34:23.Cenotaph from where, after the two- minute silence, they will lay their
:34:23. > :34:29.
:34:29. > :34:39.As 11.00 strikes, the Royal Horse Artillery will fire one round of a
:34:39. > :34:39.
:34:39. > :38:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:38:33. > :38:38.gun at the beginning and then at DAVID DIMBLEBY: Her Majesty the
:38:38. > :38:48.Queen will now lay her wreath, the first of those laid by the Royal
:38:48. > :39:13.
:39:13. > :39:22.And the Duke of Edinburgh next on his 90th birthday this year. He was
:39:22. > :39:32.given the title Lord High Admiral. 70 years ago, the Duke was
:39:32. > :39:33.
:39:33. > :39:37.mentioned for an action aboard HMS Valiant off the Greek coast. He's
:39:37. > :39:41.followed by the Prince of Wales in the uniform of a General in the
:39:41. > :39:47.Army. He's been much involved this year in visiting injured soldiers
:39:47. > :39:57.and acting as a patron of a number of service charities as well. His
:39:57. > :40:07.
:40:07. > :40:10.wreath with the Prince of Wales' Next Prince William, the Duke of
:40:10. > :40:20.Cambridge. A Search and Rescue Pilot in Wales at the moment. Due
:40:20. > :40:34.
:40:34. > :40:40.to go to the Falklands next year on And he is followed by Prince Andrew,
:40:40. > :40:50.the Duke of York, who was a helicopter pilot who served in the
:40:50. > :41:09.
:41:09. > :41:19.Falklands War. Is Colonel-in-Chief And the Earl of Wessex, in the
:41:19. > :41:32.
:41:32. > :41:35.uniform of an Honorary Colonel of He'll be followed by the Princess
:41:35. > :41:45.Royal in the uniform of a Vice Admiral. She's Colonel-in-Chief of
:41:45. > :41:55.a number of regiments. Last month, she was at the ceremony where
:41:55. > :42:00.
:42:00. > :42:04.Wootton Bassett was renamed Royal Last in the Royal Party, the Duke
:42:04. > :42:14.of Kent, who visited Afghanistan this September. He served 21 years
:42:14. > :42:18.
:42:18. > :42:28.in the Royal Scots Greys. His father was killed in the Second
:42:28. > :42:38.
:42:38. > :42:45.COMMANDER OF FOOT GUARDS: Parade, stand at least!
:42:45. > :42:49.The band now plays the Funeral March. The politicians will take
:42:49. > :42:59.their turn laying wreaths at the foot of the Cenotaph led by the
:42:59. > :43:29.
:43:29. > :43:39.The Deputy Prime Minister, the leader of the Liberal Democrats,
:43:39. > :43:58.
:43:58. > :44:08.The Leader of the Opposition, Leader of the Labour Party, Ed
:44:08. > :44:27.
:44:27. > :44:37.From Northern Ireland, the Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist
:44:37. > :44:55.
:44:55. > :45:05.And next representing the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru at
:45:05. > :45:14.
:45:14. > :45:17.Finally, of the political parties, the Secretary of State for Foreign
:45:17. > :45:24.and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague. He lays a special wreath on
:45:24. > :45:34.behalf of the overseas territories made from exotic flowers. It is
:45:34. > :45:41.
:45:41. > :45:46.And next the turn of the high of the High Commissioners. Starting
:45:46. > :45:51.with the old senior members of the Commonwealth, Canada, Australia,
:45:51. > :45:59.New Zealand, South Africa, India and Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Ghana
:45:59. > :46:05.and Malaysia are there. Canada fought in World War I and II of
:46:05. > :46:11.course, on D-Day. Australians who are active in Afghanistan now, and
:46:11. > :46:21.lost over 60,000 in World War II, suffered the highest casualty rate
:46:21. > :46:22.
:46:22. > :46:26.of any nation in World War I. The Indian subcontinent sent 2.5
:46:26. > :46:34.million volunteers to World War II so those wreaths are laid on behalf
:46:34. > :46:41.of all those countries. And then followed from the south-
:46:41. > :46:51.side, by the high commercialers of Nigeria and Cyprus, Sierra Leone
:46:51. > :47:21.
:47:21. > :47:28.and Tanzania, Jamaica, Trinidad & In the next group, Malta, the
:47:28. > :47:35.George Cross island island awarded the Gorge Cross for its courage
:47:35. > :47:42.during the second world, The Gambia, Singapore where many people here
:47:42. > :47:52.were held prisoners after the fall of that great city by the Japanese,
:47:52. > :48:13.
:48:13. > :48:22.Guyana, Botswana and Barbados and And now now swatsy land, --
:48:22. > :48:32.Swaziland, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Seychelles
:48:32. > :48:43.
:48:43. > :48:48.and the little island of St St As the last group prepares to come
:48:48. > :48:57.forward, there is one country missing, the citizens fought in
:48:57. > :49:03.both world wars and that is Zimbabwe. Now expelled from the
:49:03. > :49:11.Commonwealth. Rhodesia, many people here will remember the service they
:49:11. > :49:19.gave in the second world, many in the Royal Air Force. Belize, the
:49:19. > :49:25.Mall leaves and St Christopher, Namibia, Cameroon, Mozambique and
:49:25. > :49:32.Rwanda. And once the High Commissioners
:49:32. > :49:41.have returned to their place, it is the turn of the Service Chiefs, not
:49:41. > :49:51.the Chief of Defence Staff, General Sir Richards, but Admiral Mark
:49:51. > :50:09.
:50:09. > :50:11.Stanhope and Air Chief Marshal, Sir And they are followed by
:50:11. > :50:17.representatives of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets, the Air
:50:17. > :50:24.Transport Auxiliary service and the civilian services. David Hill from
:50:24. > :50:33.the navy and Sir Denis O'Connor, a Chief Inspector of Constabulary for
:50:33. > :50:43.the civilian services. And next, the short service led by
:50:43. > :50:51.
:50:51. > :50:58.O Almighty God, that we who here do honour
:50:58. > :51:06.in the service of their country may be so inspired by the spirit of
:51:06. > :51:12.that, forgetting all selfish and unworthy motives,
:51:13. > :51:20.we may live only to Thy glory and to the service of mankind,
:51:20. > :51:26.through Jesus Christ our Lord,
:51:26. > :51:35.Amen.
:51:35. > :51:41.# O God, our help in ages past
:51:41. > :51:46.# Our hope for years to come
:51:46. > :51:52.# Our shelter from the stormy blast
:51:52. > :51:59.# And our eternal home
:51:59. > :52:06.# Under the shadow of thy throne
:52:06. > :52:12.# Thy saints have dwelt secure
:52:12. > :52:20.# Sufficient is thine arm alone
:52:20. > :52:27.# And our defence is sure
:52:27. > :52:32.# Before the hills in order stood
:52:32. > :52:38.# Or earth received her frame
:52:38. > :52:44.# From everlasting thou art God
:52:44. > :52:53.# To endless years the same
:52:53. > :52:58.# A thousand ages in thy sight
:52:58. > :53:04.# Are like an evening gone
:53:04. > :53:10.# Short as the watch that ends the night
:53:10. > :53:19.# Before the rising sun
:53:19. > :53:25.# O God, our help in ages past
:53:25. > :53:32.# Our hope for years to come
:53:32. > :53:37.# Be thou our guard while troubles last
:53:37. > :53:47.# And our eternal home. #
:53:47. > :53:56.
:53:56. > :53:58.Teach us good Lord to serve thee as thou deservest;
:53:58. > :54:03.to give and not to count the cost;
:54:03. > :54:07.to fight & not to heed the wounds'
:54:07. > :54:13.to toil and not to seek for rest;
:54:13. > :54:20.to labour and not ask for any reward,
:54:20. > :54:25.save that knowing that we will do thy will
:54:25. > :54:30.through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
:54:30. > :54:34.Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name,
:54:34. > :54:39.Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
:54:39. > :54:42.On earth as it is in heaven.
:54:42. > :54:46.Give us this day our daily bread, And forgive us our trespasses
:54:46. > :54:53.As we forgive those who trespass against us.
:54:53. > :54:57.And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
:54:57. > :55:00.For Thine is the kingdom And the power and the glory,
:55:00. > :55:02.For ever and ever.
:55:02. > :55:08.Amen.
:55:08. > :55:11.Unto God's gracious mercy and protection we commit you.
:55:11. > :55:15.The Lord bless you and keep you,
:55:15. > :55:19.the Lord make his face to shine upon you
:55:19. > :55:24.and be gracious unto you,
:55:24. > :55:27.the Lord lift up the light of His countenance upon you,
:55:27. > :55:34.and give you His peace this day and always.
:55:34. > :55:44.Amen.
:55:44. > :56:01.
:56:01. > :56:11.MUSIC: "The Rouse"
:56:11. > :56:27.
:56:27. > :56:31.# God save our gracious Queen
:56:31. > :56:36.# Long live our noble Queen
:56:36. > :56:42.# God save the Queen
:56:42. > :56:47.# Send her victorious
:56:47. > :56:52.# Happy and glorious
:56:52. > :56:58.# Long to reign over us
:56:58. > :57:08.# God save the Queen. #
:57:08. > :57:26.
:57:26. > :57:27.The
:57:27. > :57:28.The service
:57:28. > :57:33.The service over,
:57:33. > :57:38.The service over, the Royal party led once again by The Queen leaves
:57:38. > :57:44.Whitehall. Prince Charles There among them,
:57:44. > :57:49.will go through to Horse Guards and take a salute of those veterans who
:57:49. > :57:53.are taking part in the march past down Whitehall that goes round to
:57:53. > :58:03.Horse Guards afterwards so they go past the Cenotaph and then he takes
:58:03. > :58:07.
:58:07. > :58:14.their salute. Now the clergy leave. The ten
:58:14. > :58:20.children of the Chapel Royal dressed in the gold and scarlet
:58:20. > :58:27.State coats which were designed at the time of the restoration of the
:58:27. > :58:37.monarchy under Charles II, a choir that dates back much further than
:58:37. > :58:37.
:58:37. > :58:45.that, a 1,000 years or so when it used to attend on the monarch. They
:58:45. > :58:49.are They are all boy chor ris terse who have -- chor ris terse who have
:58:49. > :58:59.scholarships at the City of London school as well as singing in his
:58:59. > :59:00.
:59:00. > :59:08.choir. The brass cross with the red
:59:08. > :59:12.poppies which has been at a service briefly in the Chapel Royal at St
:59:12. > :59:22.James's Palace before it came out here to Whitehall this morning. The
:59:22. > :59:22.
:59:22. > :59:29.politicians leave next, the Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband
:59:29. > :59:35.and other members of the Cabinet. The Speaker of the House of Commons
:59:35. > :59:40.is there. Tony Blair and Sir John Major, Gordon Brown, Mrs Thatcher
:59:40. > :59:43.or Lady Thatcher not here this year. Representatives of the House of
:59:43. > :59:47.Lords, the Speaker of the House of Lords, the Leader of the
:59:47. > :59:57.Conservatives in the House of Lords, Lord Strathclyde on the right and
:59:57. > :59:58.
:59:58. > :00:01.at the back, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. So as Whitehall is
:00:01. > :00:07.gradually cleared of the dignitaries as you might say,
:00:07. > :00:11.attention will turn to the seven or ten thousand or so veterans who are
:00:11. > :00:21.waiting to march past the Cenotaph which is the key part of this
:00:21. > :00:26.
:00:26. > :00:30.second half of today's ceremonial. It has been extraordinary, just
:00:30. > :00:34.standing here, being here. The atmosphere, it is almost
:00:34. > :00:38.indescribable, isn't it? It is. Everybody here comes from a common
:00:38. > :00:42.background. They have gone through things, they have experienced the
:00:42. > :00:46.same stuff. Everybody here comes for a number of reasons. There is
:00:46. > :00:50.the national memory aspect of it where we remember and pay tribute
:00:50. > :00:54.to those that have gone before us and recognise the sacrifices they
:00:54. > :00:58.have made. Also, we have either lost friends or colleagues over the
:00:58. > :01:02.years and you come to remember those personal aspects as well.
:01:02. > :01:08.Suddenly, the mood is changing. You have been here three times before.
:01:08. > :01:12.What does it mean to you to be here? I think it's something that
:01:12. > :01:15.unless you have served in the Forces, it is difficult to
:01:15. > :01:21.understand. You have a common bond between you, no matter what cap,
:01:21. > :01:26.badge or regiment you come from. The ability to get together, tell
:01:26. > :01:29.old stories, and to remember those that can't be here, it means a lot.
:01:29. > :01:34.We must remember people who have been very badly injured. You were
:01:34. > :01:38.awarded the George Cross following an incident in Iraq in 2005 in
:01:38. > :01:47.which you were severely injured? That's right. I was fortunate to be
:01:47. > :01:53.working out of Baghdad at the time. My job was part of a CSI-type job
:01:53. > :01:58.on bomb incidents. During the follow-up to one incident, there
:01:58. > :02:01.were secondary devices around and I trod on a pressure pad and was
:02:01. > :02:05.severely injured. The challenge going forward is going to be
:02:05. > :02:10.continuing the huge amount of support that the people get now,
:02:10. > :02:13.the huge amounts of money being raised - hopefully �40 million this
:02:13. > :02:17.year by the Royal British Legion? Absolutely. The national response
:02:17. > :02:21.to the last ten years of operations, and the fact the emphasis has
:02:21. > :02:31.shifted, it's gone to backing the guys rather than the political
:02:31. > :02:34.
:02:34. > :02:40.DAVID DIMBLEBY: Trumpet Voluntary is played as the President of the
:02:40. > :02:47.British Legion approaches the Cenotaph with his wreath layed on
:02:47. > :02:57.behalf of the Royal British Legion. He served in Bosnia, he's served in
:02:57. > :03:05.
:03:05. > :03:13.the Gulf War. He was awarded a After Him come representatives of
:03:13. > :03:15.London Transport, the Commonwealth Ex-Services League, the Royal Naval
:03:15. > :03:23.Association and the Royal British Legion Scotland and the Royal
:03:23. > :03:31.British Legion Women's Section. They will bring their wreaths down.
:03:31. > :03:41.And lay them at the Cenotaph. After these wreaths have been laid,
:03:41. > :03:41.
:03:41. > :03:48.there's a pause before the march- past of the veterans begins. Bob
:03:48. > :03:52.Lawrence for London Transport. London Transport, which George V
:03:52. > :04:02.agreed should parade here at the Cenotaph because in the First World
:04:02. > :04:02.
:04:02. > :04:47.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:04:47. > :04:51.War they had driven buses to take In a moment, the march-past will
:04:52. > :04:57.begin, but before it does, a thought of what veterans here may
:04:57. > :05:03.be thinking of. We heard of those remembering other operations like
:05:03. > :05:07.Korea. But some of here will be remembering something different. In
:05:07. > :05:11.1941, when the Soviet Union joined the Western Allies in the war
:05:11. > :05:16.against Nazi Germany and Russia was desperate for fuel and ammunition
:05:16. > :05:21.and for raw materials and food. But with Europe occupied, the only way
:05:21. > :05:25.to get the goods to northern Russia was convoys of ships steering a
:05:25. > :05:35.treacherous course through the icy waters of the Arctic. A voyage that
:05:35. > :05:39.
:05:39. > :05:49.Winston Churchill described as "the I was brought up by the sea,
:05:49. > :05:49.
:05:49. > :05:52.go and sit there I wanted to know
:05:52. > :05:56.I was 16 when I joined the Merchant Navy, but I did
:05:56. > :05:59.precisely the same duties as the older members of the crew.
:05:59. > :06:02.We did shifts, four on, four off.
:06:02. > :06:09.You would do two hours at the wheel,
:06:09. > :06:16.one hour on lookout, one hour on standby, for the whole voyage.
:06:16. > :06:16.DAVID
:06:16. > :06:16.DAVID DIMBLEBY:
:06:16. > :06:26.DAVID DIMBLEBY: Local
:06:26. > :06:31.
:06:31. > :06:33.DAVID DIMBLEBY: Local children used And the convoys coming in the loch
:06:33. > :06:36.We never thought of them as going We thought it was a great game
:06:36. > :06:46.We never thought of them to war. There was a lot of them
:06:46. > :06:52.
:06:52. > :06:54.though afterwards we realised The first thing I was warned about
:06:55. > :06:57.was never to go on deck without my protective gloves.
:06:57. > :07:01.They said, "For heaven's sake, never- touch any part of the metal,
:07:01. > :07:05."because your hand will stick and it'll tear the skin off you."
:07:05. > :07:07.So you're in dire straits then,
:07:07. > :07:10.you're pretty useless for the rest of the trip.
:07:10. > :07:13.When the convoy was on, we had a lot of snow on the way up.
:07:13. > :07:18.Really blizzard, all the way upthere, and the ship was tossed about.
:07:18. > :07:21.You didn't know where you were half the time.
:07:22. > :07:25.We saw no action until we were nearing Murmansk,
:07:25. > :07:28.and two ships ahead of us were sunk.
:07:28. > :07:31.A Royal Navy ship came dashing round
:07:31. > :07:39.to try and make contact with the sub- and drop depth charges,
:07:39. > :07:43.and most unfortunately, the Germans put a torpedo into her.
:07:43. > :07:46.The ship went on fire, it broke at the bow.
:07:46. > :07:48.The bow went down within about five or six minutes,
:07:48. > :07:51.and we could hear people scream.
:07:51. > :07:55.You could see the guys in the water,- which was freezing,
:07:55. > :07:58.grabbing ropes, but their hands wouldn't hold it
:07:58. > :08:00.because the ropes were covered in ice.
:08:00. > :08:04.So your hands would just slip, and they would slip underwater again.
:08:04. > :08:05.We were given the order,
:08:05. > :08:10.then, to go full speed ahead and get into Murmansk, to get away from it.
:08:10. > :08:13.What you wanted to do was help them,- but you couldn't help them,
:08:13. > :08:15.because if you'd stopped at all...
:08:15. > :08:17.It would have been against orders,
:08:17. > :08:19.but had you stopped, you'd have got a torpedo too.
:08:19. > :08:23.So you had to keep going.
:08:23. > :08:31.That ship carried 225 of a crew, and 158 died.
:08:31. > :08:41.And as I'm talking to you now, I can see it all again.
:08:41. > :08:43.
:08:43. > :08:51."In memory of our shipmates who sailed from Loch Ewe during WWII.
:08:51. > :08:56."They lost their lives in the bitter-Arctic sea battles to North Russia
:08:56. > :09:02."and never returned to this tranquil anchorage."
:09:02. > :09:05."We will always, always remember them."
:09:06. > :09:15."We will always, always remember them."
:09:16. > :09:17.
:09:17. > :09:17.that never came back. DAVID
:09:17. > :09:18.that never came back. DAVID DIMBLEBY:
:09:18. > :09:18.DIMBLEBY: Between
:09:18. > :09:20.DIMBLEBY: Between 1941
:09:20. > :09:23.DIMBLEBY: Between 1941 and
:09:23. > :09:27.DIMBLEBY: Between 1941 and 1945, the Arctic convoys transported four
:09:27. > :09:34.million tonnes of supplies to the Soviet Union, more than 100 ships
:09:34. > :09:41.were lost, nearly 3,000 sailors lost their lives. With Sophie is
:09:41. > :09:47.Commander Ed Grenfell who served with the Royal Navy on the Russian
:09:47. > :09:50.convoys. You were also on many convoys, four separate convoys?
:09:50. > :09:57.That's correct. You took extraordinary risks like so many
:09:57. > :10:01.others? Yes, they were dangerous, no doubt about it. I served in the
:10:01. > :10:06.Mediterranean on the Malta convoys, on the Atlantic convoys. The most
:10:06. > :10:13.dreadful convoys of all were the convoys through the Arctic to north
:10:13. > :10:17.Russia. Describe what it was like on board? Well, if you were
:10:17. > :10:22.escorting a convoy in the Mediterranean, the fear was that
:10:22. > :10:28.the ship might be sunk and if that happened, the water was warm enough
:10:28. > :10:33.and you knew you would be picked up. You knew in the Arctic, you dreaded
:10:33. > :10:38.it in fact, if the ship was sunk, you had five minutes to live.
:10:38. > :10:44.happened to you, didn't it? Yes. My ship was hit first of all by one
:10:44. > :10:48.bomb and we started to sink. Then five more dive bombers came down
:10:48. > :10:53.and they hit us with another four bombs. One went into the
:10:53. > :10:58.ammunitions store and the ship just blew up. I sailed through the air,
:10:58. > :11:02.I can remember it so well, and then I was deep down in the Arctic Ocean
:11:03. > :11:08.and it was bitterly cold. I was about ten minutes swimming around
:11:08. > :11:12.and then I managed to get myself on to a wreck of an upturned lifeboat.
:11:12. > :11:19.I was another ten minutes there before I was rescued. Extraordinary.
:11:19. > :11:24.I'm going to talk to Edna Brunt, who has a fascinating tale to tell
:11:24. > :11:30.about your tile during the Second World War. You were a mechanic?
:11:30. > :11:40.a flight mechanic. You had to go up in the bombers? Yes. I had to test
:11:40. > :11:45.our work. It was quite frightening. What was it like being inside the
:11:46. > :11:52.bomber? They put me in the rear gunners at first and I didn't like
:11:52. > :11:59.it. I had to lay beside the pilot, who was Polish. He started to show
:11:59. > :12:05.off because I was beside him. Our Corporal had to tell him off. Yeah,
:12:05. > :12:09.it was, it was - well, frightening. But it was interesting. This is the
:12:09. > :12:12.first time you have taken part in the march-past. Important for you
:12:12. > :12:17.and important to remember the work that women did, so many women did
:12:17. > :12:27.during the war? Yes, it is. I am so proud to be in this march. Well, I
:12:27. > :12:31.will let you go. Thank you both DAVID DIMBLEBY: That is that black
:12:31. > :12:37.memorial, a newer one than the Cenotaph. Two women at war, which
:12:37. > :12:41.Sophie was talking about. We are now reaching the beginning of the
:12:42. > :12:44.march-past which is led by the Board of Trustees of the Royal
:12:44. > :12:49.British Legion. And a band before them. As, if you have seen this
:12:49. > :12:54.before, you will remember this is a great mixture. Every year,
:12:54. > :13:00.different people lead off. They are applauded as they go by other
:13:00. > :13:09.members. The range is quite extraordinary. Even now, there are
:13:09. > :13:14.new groups this year joining in. The Fellowship of the Services
:13:14. > :13:24.leads off this year. It has that honour. Formed in the trenches in
:13:24. > :13:27.
:13:27. > :13:33.1916 for people who had no work or were too disabled to earn a living.
:13:33. > :13:38.They have 4,000 members and they are followed by the Burma Star
:13:38. > :13:46.Association who were still fighting in Burma after the victory in
:13:46. > :13:53.Europe had been declared. They called themselves "the forgotten
:13:53. > :14:03.army". The Far East Prisoners of War Association goes through and
:14:03. > :14:05.
:14:05. > :14:15.the Aden Veterans Association. The 1st Army Association who landed in
:14:15. > :14:19.
:14:19. > :14:29.Algeria who fought behind the German and Italian forces. And then
:14:29. > :14:32.
:14:32. > :14:42.the Queen's Bodyguard of The Yeoman of The Guard. Their wreath-bearer
:14:42. > :14:47.
:14:47. > :14:53.was in the Welsh Guard. Popski's Private Army. And the Normandy
:14:53. > :15:02.Veterans Association. They took part in the D-Day landings. The
:15:02. > :15:07.British Korean Veterans Association. The 60th an verse of the battle of
:15:07. > :15:17.Imjin River. There's a large contingent from the British Korean
:15:17. > :15:24.
:15:24. > :15:33.The Malaya and Borneo Vetians association. Given permission to
:15:33. > :15:38.wear a model awarded by their Government. 100,000 British
:15:38. > :15:48.servicemen, many of the the national servicemen were involved
:15:48. > :16:05.
:16:05. > :16:12.The Italy Star Association. People who served in Italy between 1943
:16:12. > :16:17.and 1945,50,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers died in Italy.
:16:17. > :16:22.It is followed by the Monte Cassino Society, one of the key battles of
:16:22. > :16:32.the taking of Italy or the recovery of Italy which went on between
:16:32. > :16:34.
:16:34. > :16:44.January and June in 1944. The gallantry medallists league, led by
:16:44. > :16:51.
:16:51. > :17:01.Major Alan, decorated in Northern Well, he would normally have been
:17:01. > :17:01.
:17:01. > :17:11.in the parade, I think, but there he is watching, a royal hospital
:17:11. > :17:15.
:17:15. > :17:19.Chelsea Pensioner. The British limbless ex-servicemen's men.
:17:19. > :17:25.Behind them the ex-services wheelchair sports association. Some
:17:25. > :17:35.of whom are hoping to take part in the Paralympics next year.
:17:35. > :17:36.
:17:36. > :17:42.And they are in training. They were formed in 1987.
:17:43. > :17:47.The royal Royal Hospital, Chelsea follows them led by Colonel Baker,
:17:47. > :17:52.joined as Captain of inva lids as it is called, the Chelsea
:17:52. > :17:57.Pensioners who give up their army pension to live in the hospital
:17:57. > :18:02.which is is run along military lines, it is like being in a
:18:02. > :18:12.barracks, but a friendly atmosphere and of course, they are hugely
:18:12. > :18:15.
:18:15. > :18:22.admired and applauded wherever they And an important group behind them,
:18:22. > :18:32.the Combat Stress as it is called who try to look after people who
:18:32. > :18:40.
:18:40. > :18:50.have problems resulting from the This is a courageous attempt to try
:18:50. > :18:53.
:18:53. > :18:58.and deal with and take seriously the issue of Combat Stress.
:18:58. > :19:05.And the first column has gone past and we will have a second column
:19:05. > :19:12.with the various Guards Regiments, but let's join Sophie Raworth again
:19:12. > :19:16.as the columns go past. We are in the thick of it in Whitehall, I'm
:19:17. > :19:21.with Richie Puttock. It is Extraordinary, the atmosphere here,
:19:21. > :19:25.isn't it? We have the solemn and the very dignified service and
:19:25. > :19:28.there is a noticeable change of tone now the veterans and the other
:19:28. > :19:30.organisations are starting to march. It is much lighter and it has
:19:31. > :19:35.lifted and you can feel the pride with the people who are marching
:19:35. > :19:39.Arthe respect from the members of the public as they are applauding.
:19:39. > :19:44.It is humbling to be here. It is humbling to watch these people,
:19:44. > :19:47.young and old, walking past the Cenotaph? As Peter Norton said
:19:47. > :19:52.earlier, it is that shared experience that bonds everyone
:19:52. > :19:55.together that's marching today and the members of the public who come
:19:55. > :19:59.to see them to pay their respects. And that's an important point,
:19:59. > :20:02.isn't it? Rounds of applause you can hear it all the time and a lot
:20:02. > :20:06.of public have turned out, who have been here since early this morning
:20:06. > :20:10.to show their support to these former servicemen and women? It is
:20:10. > :20:13.important to the people that have srved and -- served and I guess
:20:13. > :20:18.because these people have been here for so long, it is hugely important
:20:18. > :20:22.to them as well. It is fantastic to see the support that people are
:20:22. > :20:25.showing and long may it continue. What about for the people who are
:20:25. > :20:29.still serving? What does this show of support mean to them? I believe
:20:29. > :20:34.it shows them that the work they do is very valued and sometimes when
:20:34. > :20:37.you are a long way away from home, it can be easy to forget that the
:20:37. > :20:41.general public at home are behind the Armed Forces 100% and I believe
:20:41. > :20:45.that this shows the people that are still serving that they are
:20:45. > :20:54.supported, they are backed and they are very well respected.
:20:54. > :20:59.You may have seen the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, wearing
:20:59. > :21:05.red and white roses which they did when they were prisoners of war in
:21:05. > :21:15.Korea in 1951. They made them of paper and now it is something they
:21:15. > :21:17.
:21:17. > :21:27.proudly wear. We go on, the Green How wards and the chess the
:21:27. > :21:29.
:21:29. > :21:39.Cheshire Regiment Association. The red and white berets of the
:21:39. > :21:42.
:21:42. > :21:47.The parachute Regimental Association in their maroon berets.
:21:47. > :21:52.There is a large contingent here. Eight parachute members have died
:21:52. > :22:02.since last Remembrance Sunday. The first big raids by the parachute
:22:02. > :22:05.
:22:05. > :22:15.raids, Italy, Sicily, North Africa. The landings in Normandy.
:22:15. > :22:24.
:22:24. > :22:33.They were not surprisingly named by the German Army as the Red Devils.
:22:33. > :22:43.The Royal Scots Regimental Association. The General placed his
:22:43. > :22:50.wreath on the Cenotaph earlier on. The The Black Watch Association. 25
:22:50. > :22:54.battalions of the of the Black Watch served in World War I. They
:22:54. > :23:02.got battles honours in the Somme and then in the in the Second World
:23:02. > :23:07.War were famous for the break out wa out where their pipe major
:23:07. > :23:14.played for almost 22 miles under fire and the Golden Highlanders.
:23:14. > :23:24.There among them carrying the wreath, The Queen Mother's former
:23:24. > :23:26.
:23:26. > :23:29.piper. And the garden is growing, or the
:23:29. > :23:39.Field of Remembrance perhaps we should call it at the front of the
:23:39. > :23:42.
:23:42. > :23:47.Cenotaph. The Army Catering Corps association,
:23:47. > :23:50.still feeding troops in Afghanistan. Created in 1941 when they realised
:23:50. > :23:56.that the food provided by individual regiments was not
:23:56. > :24:04.adequate and you needed a proper part of the Army or special service
:24:04. > :24:12.to do this and the Royal Pioneers follow them and Armed Labour Force,
:24:12. > :24:21.whose job it was to guard prisoners and move stores and make roads and
:24:21. > :24:27.airfields. In Afghanistan, they have 600
:24:27. > :24:34.engineers out there at any one time. There is a father and son marching
:24:34. > :24:44.here with 50 years service service between them. They were formed in
:24:44. > :25:14.
:25:15. > :25:23.1942 and one of their first major operations was at the Battle of
:25:23. > :25:33.Alamein. The Queen Alexandra's Royal Nursing
:25:33. > :25:34.
:25:34. > :25:44.Corps, founded back in 190 2, but still working and working at bases
:25:44. > :25:45.
:25:45. > :25:49.in Afghanistan. And the head of the column is now
:25:49. > :25:53.now reaching Horse Guards. This is where we are now because the march-
:25:53. > :25:57.past, as I said, doesn't end at the Cenotaph, it goes down the bottom
:25:57. > :26:00.of Whitehall and comes out where The Prince of Wales is taking the
:26:00. > :26:03.salute. By the way if you want to watch that part of the
:26:03. > :26:07.commemoration this year, for the very first after this programme
:26:07. > :26:11.ends, you can, if you're watching digitally, push the Red Button and
:26:11. > :26:21.see the remainder of the march-past. The Prince of Wales there taking
:26:21. > :26:27.the salute on Horse Guards. And back here in Whitehall, the
:26:27. > :26:32.Ghurkha Brigade Association. 200,000 Ghurkhas fought in the two
:26:32. > :26:38.world wars and there is still huge competition in Nepal. 28,000 people
:26:38. > :26:45.applied for 200 jobs each year. Famous, of course, because they
:26:45. > :26:54.have the slogan, "Better to die than be a coward." They terrify the
:26:54. > :26:59.enknee with their 18 inch weapon, the curved knife.
:26:59. > :27:03.The British Ghurkha Welfare Society, who look after them, the Ghurkhas,
:27:03. > :27:13.not those who come to Britain, where many of them have suffered
:27:13. > :27:25.
:27:25. > :27:35.hardship, but those who remain in There are a few people more admired
:27:35. > :27:40.and braver than those who have to dispose of the IEDs and these are
:27:40. > :27:44.the association of ammunition technicians, clearly with some
:27:44. > :27:49.children of fathers who have been killed in this work in Afghanistan.
:27:49. > :27:57.Some of the most dangerous work there is. They are part of the
:27:57. > :28:07.Royal Logistic Corps. A mother and son who we talked to
:28:07. > :28:15.
:28:15. > :28:19.last year, I think, during this Cenotaph ceremonial.
:28:19. > :28:25.The the Royal Army Association. In 1917, they were recruited into the
:28:25. > :28:33.Army for the first time during the First World War.
:28:33. > :28:39.They are now disbanded. They join the Army directly and the 656
:28:39. > :28:44.Squadron Association, the Army's first operational Apache attack
:28:44. > :28:50.helicopter unit which Prince Harry, of course, is working with at the
:28:50. > :28:59.moment. It has seen three tours in Helmand province. They were
:28:59. > :29:05.deployed also in the Falklands and in the Second World War served in
:29:05. > :29:10.India and Burma and Malaya. With their armbands behind the Home
:29:10. > :29:20.Guard Association, the 1.5 million who volunteered to serve in the
:29:20. > :29:31.
:29:31. > :29:36.Home Guard in the event of a German The Army Air Corps Association,
:29:36. > :29:46.these people were crucial on D-Day because they were the people who
:29:46. > :29:56.landed the gliders in Normandy and allowed men to go into battle just
:29:56. > :30:24.
:30:24. > :30:34.20 yards from Peg Pegasus Bridge DAVID DIMBLEBY: Now the Royal Air
:30:34. > :30:34.
:30:34. > :30:38.Forces Association. They maintain huge numbers in Afghanistan as part
:30:38. > :30:44.of the NATO operation this year to protect the civilian population of
:30:44. > :30:52.Libya. This is a charity, incidentally. They look after
:30:52. > :31:02.members of the Royal Air Force. Claims to be the largest single Ex-
:31:02. > :31:13.
:31:13. > :31:18.Services' Association. The RAF Regiment Association follows them.
:31:18. > :31:23.They distinguished themselves in Burma. The RAF Regiment are the
:31:23. > :31:33.military force of the Royal Air military force of the Royal Air
:31:33. > :31:34.
:31:34. > :31:42.Force. The 7 Squadron Association of Bomber Command, which today
:31:42. > :31:52.operates Chinook helicopters. It is the oldest Bomber Squadron. In the
:31:52. > :31:55.
:31:55. > :31:58.Second World War, they were Second World War, they were
:31:58. > :32:02.equipped with the Stirling. Sophie? I'm here with Richie Puttock from
:32:02. > :32:06.the Royal Marines Association. It is striking how many charities are
:32:06. > :32:11.represented here this year? Yes, there has been a reinvigoration of
:32:11. > :32:14.pride in recent years in belonging to a service charity, or regimental
:32:14. > :32:18.association. A lot of that is due to the public support that the
:32:18. > :32:22.forces now have. You know how important all those charities are
:32:22. > :32:26.because you work first-hand with injured servicemen and families who
:32:26. > :32:31.have lost people? Absolutely. It is not just about the money. The
:32:31. > :32:36.charity that I work for, its remit has not changed in the 65 years
:32:36. > :32:40.that it has existed. It is to support former Royal Marines,
:32:40. > :32:44.serving Royal Marines and their families for a lifetime. Once a
:32:44. > :32:48.Marine always a Marine. For all of the service charities, they face
:32:48. > :32:52.challenges in the years ahead. With the support we have now, with the
:32:52. > :33:02.public, we will get there. A huge amount of support here today. Thank
:33:02. > :33:05.
:33:05. > :33:15.DAVID DIMBLEBY: John Nichol, one of the three Gulf War ex-POWs. He was
:33:15. > :33:25.
:33:25. > :33:35.shot down in his Tornado and held prisoner. He leads the Royal Air
:33:35. > :34:02.
:34:03. > :34:06.Forces Ex-Prisoners of War The RAF Police Association, the RAF
:34:06. > :34:16.Nursing Association, the Bomber Command Association, who are hoping
:34:16. > :34:31.
:34:31. > :34:38.to have finished by next year their They are followed by the Royal
:34:38. > :34:46.Observer Corps and the RAFLING Association. The next column is led
:34:46. > :34:51.by St Dunstans, the charity, its wreath-bear, Rob Long, who is just
:34:51. > :35:01.24 years old, and was injured in Afghanistan, he said it had brought
:35:01. > :35:38.
:35:38. > :35:48.St Dunstans followed by the Ulster Defence Regiment, the Irish Defence
:35:48. > :35:52.
:35:52. > :36:01.Forces UK, the Northern Ireland Veterans' Association. And now
:36:01. > :36:11.SSAFA ForceS Help. Helps 50,000 people a year. Operates homes near
:36:11. > :36:14.
:36:14. > :36:20.Headley Court. The South Atlantic Medal Association. Julian Thompson
:36:20. > :36:25.was in charge of 3 Commando Brigade, first ashore in the operation to
:36:25. > :36:32.regain the Falklands. The people who were involved in the rescue of
:36:32. > :36:42.troops from the bombed ship Sir Galahad. 255 British servicemen
:36:42. > :36:57.
:36:57. > :37:04.lost their lives in the Falklands The Polish Ex--Combatants
:37:04. > :37:09.Association. 500,000 Poles fought under British command in World War
:37:09. > :37:15.Two. The Polish Air Squadron revered for downing more aircraft
:37:15. > :37:25.than any other squadron. Nine of its pilots were designated "aces".
:37:25. > :37:29.
:37:30. > :37:39.They fought also with great distinction. They are followed by
:37:39. > :37:47.the Canadian Veterans Association. They played a vital role in the
:37:47. > :37:53.Battle of the Atlantic. The Canadian Navy helping to secure the
:37:53. > :37:57.supply routes. The Not Forgotten Association. The object of the
:37:58. > :38:07.Association to provide recreation and entertainment for the war-
:38:08. > :38:08.
:38:08. > :38:14.wounded. And the Royal British Legion and the Royal British Legion
:38:14. > :38:21.Scotland. They round off this column. They were talking about the
:38:21. > :38:28.amount of money that has been raised - Sophie was. Help For
:38:28. > :38:38.Heroes, the salvation Army, they all raise money. Each year,
:38:38. > :38:46.something like �300 million is raised for service charities.
:38:46. > :38:53.Perhaps you are not surprised if you see the crowds here. The Royal
:38:53. > :39:00.Naval Association. They have 20,000 serving and ex-serving members with
:39:00. > :39:04.branches all over the UK and abroad. They are followed by the Merchant
:39:04. > :39:08.Navy Association, carrying that white anchor. The National
:39:08. > :39:14.President, her uncle died in World War Two. Her father was missing for
:39:14. > :39:18.two years. 32,000 men and women of The Merchant Navy were lost in the
:39:18. > :39:27.war. They have no known graves, of course, but the sea. But a memorial
:39:27. > :39:35.for them stands now at Tower Hill. The youngest Merchant Navy serving
:39:35. > :39:42.was 14 years old. The oldest was 74. The Russian Convoys. We were
:39:42. > :39:52.hearing about Loch Ewe and the wreath-layer was at school with
:39:52. > :39:54.
:39:54. > :40:04.Commander JOC Dempster who was talking to us a moment ago. -- Jock
:40:04. > :40:08.
:40:08. > :40:18.Dempster who was talking to us a moment ago. The Yangtze Incident
:40:18. > :40:20.
:40:20. > :40:25.Association is represented here. HMS Amethyst was held by the
:40:25. > :40:34.Chinese until it was able to escape under the cover of darkness - a
:40:34. > :40:42.great story. The Fleet Air Arm Association. The Royal Navy's air
:40:42. > :40:52.force in effect. One of the most dangerous jobs is flying from sea.
:40:52. > :40:54.
:40:54. > :41:03.It operates now in the North Arabian Gulf. 6,000 Royal Naval Air
:41:03. > :41:10.Service and Fleet Air Arm personnel gave their lives. The Fleet Air Arm
:41:10. > :41:15.Sea Harrier Association. The Landing Craft Association. They are
:41:15. > :41:20.led by Ron Smith. We were talking to him earlier. Sophie was speaking
:41:20. > :41:28.to him. He had that terrifying experience of being shelled as he
:41:28. > :41:33.came ashore. They killed the crew of the tanks inside the tanks and
:41:33. > :41:43.they couldn't get them out and had to go back to Portsmouth with the
:41:43. > :41:54.
:41:54. > :41:59.tanks with their injured and dying troops inside. A very grim story.
:41:59. > :42:09.The Algerines Association, it is a fleet of minesweepers brought into
:42:09. > :42:11.
:42:11. > :42:21.service in 1942. More of them built than any other ship. HMS Cumberland
:42:21. > :42:30.
:42:30. > :42:39.Association. The Glasgow Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval
:42:39. > :42:44.Nursing Services are here. Some of them served aboard the ship Uganda
:42:44. > :42:51.during the Falklands. 1984, it was, the first naval nursing sisters
:42:51. > :43:00.were appointed and took the name of Queen Alexandra when she became
:43:00. > :43:10.President in 1902. VAD Royal Naval Association. Then the Association
:43:10. > :43:12.
:43:12. > :43:16.of WRENS. They are disbanded now. They were formed in 1920. The Royal
:43:16. > :43:20.Fleet Auxiliary Association, laying their wreath at the Falklands
:43:20. > :43:28.memorial. Their job to keep the Royal Navy equipped with food and
:43:28. > :43:37.fuel and weapons while they are at sea. The Royal Naval Communications
:43:37. > :43:41.Association follows them. And the Royal Naval School of Physical
:43:41. > :43:51.Training Association were new last year. With their famous wreath with
:43:51. > :43:52.
:43:52. > :43:57.the word "Gibraltar" on it, the Royal Marines Association. Most are
:43:57. > :44:07.these clearly are commando-trained. Just back from Afghanistan, as we
:44:07. > :44:08.
:44:08. > :44:13.had been talking about earlier on. Also with them, the United States
:44:13. > :44:23.Marine Corps. They are marching here because they march and serve
:44:23. > :44:39.
:44:39. > :44:46.alongside the Royal Marines in Now we come to some of the civilian
:44:46. > :44:56.contingents. Transport for London, the Bevin Boys you may spot in
:44:56. > :45:04.their white caps. The Salvation Army. They're offering their
:45:04. > :45:12.spiritual support and famous cup of tea! The Bevin Boys are there. The
:45:12. > :45:22.children of the Far East prisoners of war. The Evacuees Reunion
:45:22. > :45:27.Association. The NAAFI who fed 500,000 troops on D-Day. The
:45:27. > :45:34.Women's Royal Voluntary Service behind them. Just a reminder these
:45:34. > :45:37.contingents are marching down and are now going past Horse Guards.
:45:37. > :45:46.You can see the Prince of Wales. You will be able to watch this if
:45:46. > :45:53.you push the red button, if you are watching digitally. Here, on
:45:53. > :45:57.Whitehall, we have to leave the march-past. We have been watching a
:45:57. > :46:01.ceremony that isn't a victory parade. Though many of those here
:46:01. > :46:11.have helped win important victories which of course have changed our
:46:11. > :46:13.
:46:13. > :46:18.world. There's been no hint of triumphalism here. This is about
:46:18. > :46:23.remembering the many thousands who have fought Thor their country and
:46:23. > :46:27.lost their lives. -- fought for their country and lost their lives.
:46:27. > :46:31.Still in our complex world, with wars still being fought, no-one
:46:31. > :46:37.doubts the courage of those who obey their orders, go to the most
:46:37. > :46:45.dangerous places on Earth, support their comrades, risk and sometimes