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On this day 94 years ago the Armistice that ended the World War | :00:14. | :00:19. | |
I was announced. Winston Churchill, then Minister for Munitions, was | :00:20. | :00:24. | |
looking out of his office window, the scene was deserted, he wrote, | :00:24. | :00:28. | |
when suddenly from all sides men and women rushed out in a frantic | :00:28. | :00:35. | |
manner, shouting and screaming with joy. Soon, the streets were full of | :00:35. | :00:42. | |
crowds cheering, Church bells ringing, bands playing. | :00:42. | :00:48. | |
That day, the 11th November, today, is now not a day for exuberance, | :00:48. | :00:53. | |
but for sombre mourning and remembrance of those killed in both | :00:53. | :00:58. | |
world wars and the wars fought since. Here at the Cenotaph the | :00:58. | :01:03. | |
simple stone memorial that dominates this end of Whitehall, | :01:03. | :01:09. | |
the unchanging ceremony will be repeated. The same solemn music. | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
The simple service and hymn and the laying of wreaths on behalf of the | :01:14. | :01:20. | |
nation and the Commonwealth, led by Her Majesty the Queen. And at | :01:20. | :01:25. | |
11.00am, the exact time at which the guns stopped firing in 1918, | :01:25. | :01:33. | |
the two minutes' silence. The crowds have been gathering here | :01:33. | :01:38. | |
since early this morning, all come to pay tribute to those who have | :01:38. | :01:46. | |
lost their lives. Whether now, or in the distant past, or in the all | :01:46. | :01:54. | |
too real here and today. I have talked to some people here | :01:54. | :01:58. | |
today, some for the first time in their 70s or 80s because they | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
wanted for once to see this occasion, some bringing young | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
children or grandchildren, some because they've got family members | :02:04. | :02:11. | |
taking part in the march-past itself. | :02:11. | :02:18. | |
It's young men and women like those on parade around the Cenotaph this | :02:18. | :02:23. | |
morning in the square who risk life and limb for us today. The officers | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
and men of the Household Cavalry, soon to go on their 6th tour of | :02:28. | :02:35. | |
duty in Afghanistan. Next to them, the Kings Troop Royal Horse | :02:35. | :02:39. | |
Artillery, F Company Scots Guards, some of these young soldiers soon | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
too to go on their first tour of duty in Afghanistan. | :02:44. | :02:51. | |
The Royal Navy, represented by crews of ships such as the | :02:51. | :02:58. | |
destroyers Diamond and Dauntless and the frigate Iron Duke. | :02:58. | :03:08. | |
And the Royal Marines. Now the Massed Bands of the Guards | :03:08. | :03:18. | |
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Divisions, paoeups and -- Pipes and Drums are going to be playing the | :03:19. | :03:25. | |
music. Under Pipe Major Richard Grisdale. He last year led them at | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
a service in Helmand Province in Afghanistan where they were on | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
active service as members of the 3rd Battalion Fire Support Group in | :03:35. | :03:41. | |
light armoured vehicles. The Massed Bands are under the baton of | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
Lieutenant Colonel Barnwell, the new Senior Director of Music. | :03:44. | :03:54. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds | :03:54. | :05:24. | |
And as always, the music will begin The pipes and drums of the Black | :05:24. | :05:34. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds | :05:34. | :06:24. | |
The Senior Drum Major will now call the Massed Bands to attention and | :06:24. | :06:34. | |
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they'll play a 19th century melody, Each week the names of those killed | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
in Afghanistan are read out in parliament, we have become used to | :06:48. | :06:51. | |
it. Among the most recent the son of Michael and Claire Wroe who | :06:51. | :06:57. | |
heard of their son Tom's death only eight weeks ago. But found the | :06:57. | :07:02. | |
strength to talk about what he meant to them. | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
He were just a lovely lad in general. You couldn't ask for a | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
better lad really. He would help anybody who was - who needed help. | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
Just like any son, he would have to be centre of attraction, if I shout | :07:15. | :07:20. | |
he would have to shout louder, if I tell a joke he would tell a funnier | :07:20. | :07:28. | |
joke. With his smile. Michael had served 22 years with the Duke of | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
Wellington's Regiment and Tom's ambition was always to follow in | :07:31. | :07:35. | |
his father's footsteps. At 17, he joined his father's Regiment, but | :07:35. | :07:40. | |
he was too young to go with them to fight in Afghanistan. Then soon | :07:40. | :07:46. | |
after his 18th birthday, earlier this year, he flew out to join them. | :07:46. | :07:56. | |
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But on the 15th September, his dreams of an Army career ended. | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
5.30pm on the 15th, Saturday evening. I saw two blokes at the | :07:59. | :08:04. | |
door. Didn't cross my mind at all. Opened the door, they says - I | :08:04. | :08:09. | |
can't remember word for word, are you Mr Michael Wroe? They showed me | :08:09. | :08:12. | |
the ID card, and they came through to kitchen, sat us down and told us | :08:12. | :08:21. | |
that Tom had passed... You don't think it can happen to your lad. | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
Don't want it to happen to anybody's lad but don't think it | :08:24. | :08:28. | |
will happen to yours. You might lose a few limbs, but I will look | :08:28. | :08:38. | |
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after you the rest of your life. But you don't expect this. | :08:39. | :08:47. | |
Tom was brought home to Yorkshire Yorkshire for burial. We went from | :08:47. | :08:51. | |
here on the route he used to run. So beautiful up there, it's very | :08:51. | :08:58. | |
quiet. There was people clapping, people cheering. People crying. | :08:58. | :09:03. | |
Waving flags. People had Union Jacks in windows and things, they | :09:03. | :09:10. | |
did houses up for Tom. Tom was always very close to his 14-year- | :09:10. | :09:15. | |
old sister, Demi. At the funeral service in the village Church she | :09:15. | :09:21. | |
read a tribute she had written to her brother. This is what makes you | :09:21. | :09:28. | |
who you are, Thomas. T - thoughtful. You always thought of everyone. H - | :09:28. | :09:33. | |
hero. You you were everyone's hero. O - outstanding. You were an | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
outstanding brother, son, boyfriend and best friend. M - military. You | :09:40. | :09:45. | |
wouldn't be who you are today without a military background. A - | :09:45. | :09:50. | |
amusing. You are the funniest person I know. S - star. You are | :09:50. | :09:57. | |
the brightest star in the sky. Love you, big bro. Sleep tight. Your | :09:57. | :10:03. | |
little sister, Demi. Just before Tom deployed he took Demi out for a | :10:03. | :10:08. | |
meal, they went to the cinema and to the Pizza Hut and that's when | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
they had the talk. He said to Demi, just follow your dream and what you | :10:12. | :10:18. | |
want to do in life, just go for it. Because that's what I did. | :10:19. | :10:28. | |
He were a top son, a top brother and a top soldier. | :10:29. | :10:34. | |
The Pipes are now playing the Scottish lament Flowers of the | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
Forest. Perhaps this is a moment to remember all those who died on | :10:38. | :10:48. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds | :10:48. | :12:27. | |
operations since last Remembrance MUSIC: Nimrod | :12:27. | :12:37. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds | :12:37. | :15:56. | |
MUSIC: "Nimrod" from the Enigma Nimrod, from Edward Elgar's Enigma | :15:56. | :16:06. | |
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Variations, followed by Dido's There is an old military attrition | :16:13. | :16:17. | |
of soldiers going on an act of service writing a letter to their | :16:17. | :16:22. | |
families, to be opened only if they are killed. A 20-year-old Grenadier | :16:22. | :16:26. | |
Guardsman, Tony Downes, wrote such a letter before being sent to | :16:26. | :16:31. | |
Afghanistan. On patrol near Sangin, he was killed when his vehicle | :16:31. | :16:35. | |
struck a landmine. His parents duly opened his letter. This is what he | :16:35. | :16:45. | |
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Now I'm up in heaven looking down on you all, I'll always be there | :16:48. | :16:52. | |
with you. You've been the best family any son could ask for and I | :16:52. | :16:55. | |
thank you for the life that I had. Granddad and Nana are looking after | :16:55. | :16:58. | |
me now, so I'll be OK. Well - they're stopping me flirting with | :16:58. | :17:06. | |
the birds! I love you all from the bottom of my heart. Please don't be | :17:06. | :17:10. | |
mad at what's happened. I did what I had to do and serving the British | :17:10. | :17:15. | |
Army was it. Again, don't be sad! Celebrate my life, cos I love you | :17:15. | :17:24. | |
and will see you all again. Dad, thanks for everything. I love you | :17:24. | :17:34. | |
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so much. I hope I've made you proud, MUSIC: "Dido's Lament" by Henry | :17:45. | :17:55. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds | :17:55. | :19:26. | |
Preceded by the cross, born by a former chorister. The Bishop of | :19:26. | :19:31. | |
London will take the brief service here at the Cenotaph, accompanied | :19:31. | :19:35. | |
by the Serjeant of the vestry, the chaplain and chief to the Royal Air | :19:35. | :19:42. | |
Force, the sub-dean of her Majesty's chapel Royal and the Dean. | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
And they are followed out by the Major General Commanding the | :19:46. | :19:55. | |
Household Division, Colonel George Norton and his chief-of-staff, and | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
they will march down Whitehall to take up their position prior to the | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
politicians who come here today, the Prime Minister and the leader | :20:04. | :20:14. | |
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of the opposition among them. David Cameron, Nick Clegg behind him, Ed | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
Miliband. The deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in | :20:20. | :20:28. | |
Northern Ireland. The leader of Plaid Cymru, representing the Welsh | :20:28. | :20:34. | |
nationalists. They line up on the front row with their wreaths. | :20:34. | :20:41. | |
William Hague on the left, with his special wreath and the Speaker on | :20:41. | :20:45. | |
his right. And then behind, the former prime ministers. Sir John | :20:45. | :20:52. | |
Major is here. Tony Blair. And the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the | :20:52. | :20:56. | |
Secretary of State for Defence and the senior members of the | :20:56. | :21:05. | |
Government. And they are followed out again, again, bearing wreaths, | :21:05. | :21:12. | |
by the High Commissioners. 47 High Commissioners or their deputies, | :21:13. | :21:21. | |
from Commonwealth countries. Almost all of them lost citizens in the | :21:21. | :21:27. | |
first or Second World War. Only you wonder and Mozambique, two new | :21:27. | :21:30. | |
members of the Commonwealth -- Rwanda and Mozambique are not | :21:30. | :21:35. | |
included. They will be followed by 15 representatives of religious | :21:36. | :21:39. | |
denominations, led by the Roman Catholic Bishop of the forces, the | :21:39. | :21:45. | |
Right Reverend Richard more off, the Chief Rabbi of the Hebrew | :21:45. | :21:54. | |
congregations, the Free churches, the Buddhist faith, the president | :21:54. | :21:58. | |
of the Methodist Conference, a representative from the Muslim | :21:58. | :22:02. | |
Council of Britain, the United Reformed Church, the general | :22:02. | :22:07. | |
secretary of the Hindu temples, Jonathan Edwards, President of the | :22:07. | :22:16. | |
Baptist Union and representatives of the Sikh organisations, Reform | :22:16. | :22:22. | |
Judaism, the Salvation Army, you can see the red cap and his | :22:22. | :22:29. | |
eminence, the Archbishop and the representative of the Zoroastrian | :22:29. | :22:39. | |
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church in the white. Watching from the balcony, the Duchess of | :22:41. | :22:44. | |
Cambridge, married to Prince William of Wales last year. And | :22:44. | :22:50. | |
beside her, the Countess of Wessex, the wife of Prince Edward, will be | :22:50. | :22:56. | |
taking a salute. On the left, Sir Timothy Laurence, the husband of | :22:56. | :23:05. | |
the Princess Royal. And so, with just under two minutes to go until | :23:05. | :23:13. | |
11 o'clock, the scene is set here for the royal party who will be | :23:13. | :23:23. | |
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Major Guthrie of the Scots Guards brings the parade to attention. The | :23:34. | :23:44. | |
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Duke of Edinburgh, her Majesty, the Queen on his right. The Duke of | :23:46. | :23:50. | |
Cambridge, the Duke of York, the Earl of Wessex, Prince Michael of | :23:50. | :23:57. | |
Kent, who is standing for his brother, the Duke of Kent. And Lord | :23:57. | :24:03. | |
Guthrie, who is here run behalf of the Prince of Wales, who is away in | :24:03. | :24:13. | |
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New Zealand. Their wreath are taken behind them. They salute and we | :24:16. | :24:26. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds | :24:26. | :27:42. | |
The Royal Marine buglers sound the Last Post. And now, do you wreath- | :27:42. | :27:48. | |
laying, beginning with her Majesty, the Queen. She walks forward and | :27:48. | :27:58. | |
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lays it at the foot of the Cenotaph. The Duke of Edinburgh next, who was | :28:10. | :28:16. | |
last Thursday at the Field of Remembrance by the side of | :28:16. | :28:20. | |
Westminster Abbey, that old space of field of poppies, remembering | :28:20. | :28:30. | |
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He is followed by the Duke of Cambridge, in his Royal Air Force | :28:39. | :28:46. | |
uniform. A search and rescue helicopter pilot, working at RAF | :28:46. | :28:56. | |
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He is followed by the Earl of Wessex, an honorary Colonel in the | :29:42. | :29:47. | |
Yeomanry who will be later taking the salute of this march-past on | :29:47. | :29:57. | |
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The Princess Royal, Chief Commandant for Women in the Royal | :30:05. | :30:15. | |
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Prince Michael of Kent laying a wreath on behalf of of the Duke of | :30:31. | :30:41. | |
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Kent who is at Stanley in the Finally, the former Chief of the | :31:00. | :31:05. | |
Defence Staff, Lord Guthrie, laying a wreath on behalf of the Prince of | :31:05. | :31:15. | |
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Wales, who is on a visit to New Stand at ease! The parade stands at | :31:34. | :31:41. | |
ease and Beethoven's Funeral March in B flat minor is played as the | :31:41. | :31:51. | |
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politicians come forward. First, MUSIC: Funeral March | :32:21. | :32:23. | |
the Deputy Prime Minister, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, | :32:23. | :32:33. | |
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He is followed by the leader of the Next a wreath laid on behalf of the | :33:13. | :33:23. | |
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Plaid Cymru and Scottish This is Elwyn Clwyd from Plaid | :33:50. | :33:56. | |
Cymru. He was presided by Nigel Dodds, from the Democratic Unionist | :33:56. | :33:58. | |
Party of Northern Ireland. Here now is the Secretary of State for | :33:58. | :34:01. | |
foreign and Commonwealth affairs, William Hague, laying this wreath | :34:01. | :34:11. | |
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on behalf of the overseas And now the High Commissioners. | :34:19. | :34:24. | |
They come in groups. First, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, South | :34:24. | :34:34. | |
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Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, They'll be followed by another | :34:43. | :34:51. | |
group, Nigeria, Cyprus, Sierra Leone, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, | :34:51. | :35:01. | |
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Uganda, Kenya and Malawi. Soldiers from West Africa provided 155,000 | :35:05. | :35:10. | |
troops for the Second World War, 10,000 of them killed and East | :35:10. | :35:20. | |
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Africa, 100,000, all volunteers, over 10,000 of whom were killed. | :35:22. | :35:32. | |
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The third group, Malta, Zambia, the Gambia, Singapore, Barbados and | :35:33. | :35:38. | |
Mauritius, and Malta most famous for receiving the George cross for | :35:38. | :35:46. | |
bravery in the face of relentless German bombardment. Playing, of | :35:46. | :35:51. | |
course, a crucial part in the battle for North Africa and the | :35:51. | :36:01. | |
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invasion by the allied forces of The next group, Swaziland, | :36:14. | :36:24. | |
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Bangladesh, the Bahamas, the Commonwealth of Dominica, St Lucia. | :36:29. | :36:35. | |
Many Fijians serving in the Army today and fighting in Afghanistan. | :36:35. | :36:45. | |
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The final group will be St Vincent and the Grenadines, the maldives, | :36:46. | :36:52. | |
Namibia, Cameroon, Mozambique and Rwanda. It's worth remembering | :36:52. | :36:56. | |
perhaps the scale of the Commonwealth contribution. The | :36:56. | :37:01. | |
Canadians in the World War I, 65,000 losing their lives, | :37:01. | :37:10. | |
particularly famous for enduring terrible bombardment in the battle | :37:10. | :37:20. | |
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And the Civilian Chiefs Captain John Freestone of the Merchant Navy | :37:52. | :37:58. | |
who commanded the barge at the Royal Thames, a representative of | :37:58. | :38:05. | |
the Air Transport Auxiliary Service and the chief fire and rescue | :38:05. | :38:10. | |
advisor. Those wreaths are laid, the Dean, the Bishop of London, | :38:10. | :38:20. | |
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will open the service. Oh, almighty God, grant we beseech | :38:21. | :38:25. | |
thee that we who here do hopb tore the memory of those who have died | :38:25. | :38:30. | |
in the service of their country and of the Crown may be so inspired by | :38:30. | :38:40. | |
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the spirit of their love and fortitude that forgetting all | :38:41. | :38:49. | |
selfish and unworthy motives, we may live only to thy glory and to | :38:49. | :38:59. | |
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the service of mankind through # Oh God our help in ages past | :39:14. | :39:24. | |
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# Our hope for years to come # Our shelter from the stormy blast | :39:26. | :39:36. | |
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# And our eternal home # Beneath the shadow of thy throne | :39:40. | :39:50. | |
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# Thy Saints have dwelt secure # Sufficient is thine arm alone | :39:52. | :40:02. | |
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# And our defence is sure # 1,000 ages in thy sight | :40:11. | :40:19. | |
# Are like an evening gone # Short as the watch that ends the | :40:19. | :40:29. | |
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night # Before the rising sun | :40:31. | :40:41. | |
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# Oh God, our help in ages past # Our hope in years to come | :40:45. | :40:48. | |
# Bethou our guard while troubles last | :40:48. | :40:58. | |
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Teach us good Lord to serve thee as tho, deservest, to give and not to | :41:10. | :41:19. | |
count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to | :41:19. | :41:28. | |
seek for rest, to labour and not ask for any reward, save that of | :41:28. | :41:38. | |
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knowing that we do thy will, through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen. | :41:39. | :41:45. | |
Our father which art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom | :41:45. | :41:50. | |
come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day | :41:50. | :41:55. | |
our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who | :41:55. | :42:03. | |
trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us | :42:03. | :42:10. | |
from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever | :42:10. | :42:16. | |
and ever. Amen. Unto God's gracious mercy and | :42:16. | :42:22. | |
protection we commit you. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord | :42:23. | :42:29. | |
make his fane to shine upon you. And be gracious unto you. The Lord | :42:29. | :42:37. | |
lift up the light of his countenance upon you, and give you | :42:37. | :42:47. | |
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# God save our gracious Queen # Long live our noble Queen | :43:30. | :43:36. | |
# God save the Queen # Send her victorious | :43:36. | :43:46. | |
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# Happy and glorious # Long to reign over us | :43:46. | :43:56. | |
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The royal party now believe Whitehall, passing through the line | :44:23. | :44:33. | |
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And then the Chapel Royal, extraordinarily, the first Choir | :44:43. | :44:50. | |
School. It is said to have been established in 635, and they have | :44:50. | :45:00. | |
been a choir school ever since. The British Legion organised this march | :45:00. | :45:08. | |
past that follows the formalities at the Cenotaph, when the service | :45:08. | :45:11. | |
and the Royal Family and the politicians have left. The British | :45:11. | :45:17. | |
Legion takes over, led by their President, Vice-Admiral Peter | :45:17. | :45:20. | |
Wilkinson. He will be laying a wreath on behalf of the Royal | :45:21. | :45:27. | |
British Legion, responsible, of course, for all these poppies. The | :45:27. | :45:34. | |
Poppy Day appeal now reaches a magnificent 40 million. They are | :45:34. | :45:39. | |
hoping for �42 million this year. They make 45 million poppies in off. | :45:39. | :45:49. | |
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It is an appeal which began way Peter Orchard, for London transport. | :46:06. | :46:12. | |
The Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League, Patrick Mitford-Slade. The | :46:12. | :46:18. | |
Royal Air Force Association, Brian practice and. The Royal Naval | :46:18. | :46:24. | |
Association. The Scotland representative of the Royal British | :46:24. | :46:30. | |
Legion, and the women's section. The wreath is laid by Wendy | :46:30. | :46:40. | |
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Bromwich. And as you will know if you have watched this Cenotaph | :46:44. | :46:47. | |
ceremony, this is just the beginning of what in the end will | :46:47. | :46:54. | |
be a garden of poppies around the foot of the Cenotaph, as all those | :46:54. | :47:04. | |
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taking part in the parade lay their Nearly 10,000 people here, veterans, | :47:19. | :47:29. | |
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relations of veterans, waiting for So the massed bands play as this | :47:42. | :47:47. | |
band leads firstly the Royal British Legion and their | :47:47. | :47:50. | |
representatives, those who have chosen to come, saluting the | :47:51. | :47:59. | |
Cenotaph. In top hats, the three men who will receive wreaths from | :47:59. | :48:05. | |
the contingents as they go by. And this year, the Parade is led by the | :48:05. | :48:13. | |
Royal Navy, the Royal Navy Association here. Robert Cockburn | :48:13. | :48:16. | |
leads them and the wreath bearer, the national chairman. Everyone who | :48:16. | :48:22. | |
has served in the Royal Navy and belonged there. Then the green | :48:22. | :48:30. | |
berets of the Royal Marines Association. Their wreath Berra, | :48:30. | :48:39. | |
Paddy done. And Mark Ormerod, a triple amputee injured in the 2007, | :48:39. | :48:46. | |
marching with them. All trained to Commando level before they get the | :48:46. | :48:56. | |
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coveted green beret. They will be followed up by the vital Merchant | :48:56. | :49:01. | |
Navy Association. Churchill said the only thing that really | :49:01. | :49:10. | |
frightened him during the war was the U-boat peril in the Atlantic. | :49:10. | :49:20. | |
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The Fleet Air Arm Association, eyes left as they past the Cenotaph. The | :49:24. | :49:27. | |
Fleet Air arm gangly association is marching for the first time this | :49:27. | :49:32. | |
year. -- the Fleet Air Arm Junglie Association. They served in the | :49:32. | :49:42. | |
Indonesian confrontation in the 1960s. The Andromeda association is | :49:42. | :49:48. | |
here. The ball walk Association, the Glasgow Association, the HMS | :49:48. | :49:58. | |
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Tiger Association, all different ships. Queen Alexandra's and Royal | :50:00. | :50:09. | |
Naval Nursing Service Association. They have been on two tours of Camp | :50:09. | :50:18. | |
Bastion. They now have their own state-of-the-art hospital ship. The | :50:18. | :50:27. | |
Royal Naval Association. The Association of Wren's is here today, | :50:27. | :50:32. | |
he became a permanent part of the Royal Navy and now have their first | :50:32. | :50:36. | |
captains at sea, women at sea captain in a frigate on patrol | :50:36. | :50:45. | |
ships. A big change from when they were not allowed on ships or kept | :50:45. | :50:54. | |
in communications roles. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Association, the | :50:54. | :51:04. | |
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Russian Convoy Club, a Special Boat Service, is here, too. The Royal | :51:07. | :51:13. | |
Hospital, Chelsea, founded by Charles II in 1682, run on military | :51:13. | :51:18. | |
lines and now a place for veterans of the armed forces, women included, | :51:18. | :51:21. | |
who give up their pension to live in what you might call a semi | :51:21. | :51:31. | |
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military style at the very beautiful Royal Hospital. And the | :51:32. | :51:37. | |
Combat Stress organisation, founded to look after those suffering from | :51:37. | :51:42. | |
what used to be caught shell shock and now they care for all kinds of | :51:42. | :51:51. | |
psychological problems, post- traumatic stress disorder. Now we | :51:51. | :52:01. | |
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turn to the military columns. The 1st Army Association leads the Suez | :52:03. | :52:11. | |
veterans and the Aden veterans. They have tended to be forgotten, | :52:11. | :52:18. | |
so they formed their organisation in 1990. The Gurkhas, from the 36 | :52:18. | :52:25. | |
Engineer Regiment and the Borneo Veterans Association. They are | :52:25. | :52:35. | |
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currently serving in Afghanistan. The Burma Star Association. | :52:36. | :52:40. | |
Constance was a nurse in Chittagong in India during the Burma campaign, | :52:40. | :52:44. | |
one of eight nurses who dealt with thousands of patients in the little | :52:44. | :52:51. | |
hospital there. That is why she is there among the Burma Star | :52:51. | :53:01. | |
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Association, often called the forgotten army. The Black Watch | :53:02. | :53:10. | |
Association, with their blue bonnets and the red hat call. Do | :53:10. | :53:14. | |
hobble, with the great moustache, has been marching at the Cenotaph | :53:14. | :53:24. | |
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since 1980. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Kendrick among them, | :53:29. | :53:34. | |
marching with his two sons, who served for over 70 years between | :53:34. | :53:42. | |
them, the Father serving in World War II. One of the Sun's served in | :53:42. | :53:47. | |
the Gulf war, the younger one served in the Falklands and in | :53:47. | :53:57. | |
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Northern Ireland. The Gurkhas, selected from young men who live in | :53:59. | :54:09. | |
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Nepal. And there famous motto, "better to die than be a coward". | :54:13. | :54:22. | |
The 656 Squadron Association, in their light blue berets, currently | :54:22. | :54:28. | |
deployed on HMS Illustrious. They have been on three tours in Helmand | :54:28. | :54:34. | |
Province. The Royal Engineers Association bomb disposal branch, | :54:34. | :54:41. | |
led by Colonel Mike Brooke, who co- ordinated the military teams who | :54:41. | :54:48. | |
made it safer over 5 million items of explosives after Saddam | :54:48. | :54:58. | |
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Hussein's defeat in the first Gulf war. The Army Air Corps. Prince | :55:00. | :55:05. | |
Henry of Wales is attached to them as an Apache pilot. They are led by | :55:06. | :55:09. | |
their association secretary and their wreath bearer, who was an air | :55:09. | :55:16. | |
gunner. They were responsible for the big glider Pilot Regiment | :55:16. | :55:25. | |
action on D-Day and the capture of Pegasus Bridge in Normandy. The | :55:25. | :55:27. | |
Royal Air Force ex-prisoner of War Association, led by John Nicol from | :55:27. | :55:34. | |
the Gulf war, a famous figure, shot down in his plane. She and marching | :55:34. | :55:38. | |
with them, Jack Lyon, was in the tunnel when the great escape was | :55:38. | :55:42. | |
discovered. The majority of their members were prisoners in Germany | :55:42. | :55:51. | |
during World War II, mostly from Bomber Command. And for everybody | :55:51. | :55:55. | |
standing here in Whitehall, watching, or if you are at home | :55:55. | :56:01. | |
watching this on television, this is a moment of extreme pride, | :56:01. | :56:08. | |
combined with sadness at the courage of these men and the people | :56:08. | :56:15. | |
who they have come here to represent, 233 delegations on this | :56:15. | :56:25. | |
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parade. The War Widows Association of Great Britain and their founder | :56:26. | :56:30. | |
member, Liz Chapman, whose husband was killed when his helicopter was | :56:30. | :56:34. | |
shot down over Basra. They held their own service at the Cenotaph | :56:34. | :56:43. | |
yesterday. For Northern Ireland, the Ulster Defence Regiment | :56:43. | :56:50. | |
Association, in their green blazers and Green beret. 197 soldiers, four | :56:50. | :56:54. | |
of them women, lost their lives during service in the Ulster | :56:54. | :56:59. | |
Defence Regiment in Northern Ireland. They are followed by the | :56:59. | :57:05. | |
Irish defence forces veterans for the UK and the Northern Ireland | :57:05. | :57:14. | |
Veterans Association. Then the Salvation Army and their wreath | :57:14. | :57:18. | |
bearer, the Chief Secretary of the Salvation Army in the UK. They have | :57:18. | :57:27. | |
been working ever since the far wall, giving succour to the troops. | :57:27. | :57:30. | |
-- they have been working since the Boer War. The Commonwealth War | :57:31. | :57:36. | |
Graves Commission, responsible for graves all over the world which are | :57:36. | :57:45. | |
beautifully maintained as a commemoration. 23,000 places in 150 | :57:45. | :57:55. | |
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different countries. Well, we are coming towards the end of the March | :57:57. | :58:02. | |
Past here at the Cenotaph, nearly 10,000 people, veterans of the | :58:02. | :58:06. | |
Second World War and wars since then. No one left to march for the | :58:06. | :58:10. | |
First World War, which killed over 1 million British and Commonwealth | :58:10. | :58:14. | |
servicemen. But it is not just the dead who are remembered here, but | :58:14. | :58:20. | |
the living. Those whose lives have been destroyed by injury and the | :58:20. | :58:27. | |
families devastated, their hopes and dreams in ruin. So much death, | :58:27. | :58:34. | |
so much destruction. As a former Dean of Westminster said, "trying | :58:34. | :58:39. |