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On this day 94 years ago the Armistice that ended the World War

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I was announced. Winston Churchill, then Minister for Munitions, was

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looking out of his office window, the scene was deserted, he wrote,

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when suddenly from all sides men and women rushed out in a frantic

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manner, shouting and screaming with joy. Soon, the streets were full of

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crowds cheering, Church bells ringing, bands playing.

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That day, the 11th November, today, is now not a day for exuberance,

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but for sombre mourning and remembrance of those killed in both

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world wars and the wars fought since. Here at the Cenotaph the

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simple stone memorial that dominates this end of Whitehall,

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the unchanging ceremony will be repeated. The same solemn music.

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The simple service and hymn and the laying of wreaths on behalf of the

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nation and the Commonwealth, led by Her Majesty the Queen. And at

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11.00am, the exact time at which the guns stopped firing in 1918,

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the two minutes' silence. The crowds have been gathering here

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since early this morning, all come to pay tribute to those who have

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lost their lives. Whether now, or in the distant past, or in the all

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too real here and today. I have talked to some people here

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today, some for the first time in their 70s or 80s because they

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wanted for once to see this occasion, some bringing young

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children or grandchildren, some because they've got family members

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taking part in the march-past itself.

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It's young men and women like those on parade around the Cenotaph this

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morning in the square who risk life and limb for us today. The officers

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and men of the Household Cavalry, soon to go on their 6th tour of

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duty in Afghanistan. Next to them, the Kings Troop Royal Horse

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Artillery, F Company Scots Guards, some of these young soldiers soon

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too to go on their first tour of duty in Afghanistan.

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The Royal Navy, represented by crews of ships such as the

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destroyers Diamond and Dauntless and the frigate Iron Duke.

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And the Royal Marines. Now the Massed Bands of the Guards

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Divisions, paoeups and -- Pipes and Drums are going to be playing the

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music. Under Pipe Major Richard Grisdale. He last year led them at

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a service in Helmand Province in Afghanistan where they were on

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active service as members of the 3rd Battalion Fire Support Group in

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light armoured vehicles. The Massed Bands are under the baton of

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Lieutenant Colonel Barnwell, the new Senior Director of Music.

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds

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And as always, the music will begin The pipes and drums of the Black

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds

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The Senior Drum Major will now call the Massed Bands to attention and

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they'll play a 19th century melody, Each week the names of those killed

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in Afghanistan are read out in parliament, we have become used to

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it. Among the most recent the son of Michael and Claire Wroe who

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heard of their son Tom's death only eight weeks ago. But found the

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strength to talk about what he meant to them.

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He were just a lovely lad in general. You couldn't ask for a

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better lad really. He would help anybody who was - who needed help.

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Just like any son, he would have to be centre of attraction, if I shout

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he would have to shout louder, if I tell a joke he would tell a funnier

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joke. With his smile. Michael had served 22 years with the Duke of

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Wellington's Regiment and Tom's ambition was always to follow in

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his father's footsteps. At 17, he joined his father's Regiment, but

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he was too young to go with them to fight in Afghanistan. Then soon

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after his 18th birthday, earlier this year, he flew out to join them.

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But on the 15th September, his dreams of an Army career ended.

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5.30pm on the 15th, Saturday evening. I saw two blokes at the

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door. Didn't cross my mind at all. Opened the door, they says - I

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can't remember word for word, are you Mr Michael Wroe? They showed me

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the ID card, and they came through to kitchen, sat us down and told us

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that Tom had passed... You don't think it can happen to your lad.

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Don't want it to happen to anybody's lad but don't think it

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will happen to yours. You might lose a few limbs, but I will look

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after you the rest of your life. But you don't expect this.

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Tom was brought home to Yorkshire Yorkshire for burial. We went from

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here on the route he used to run. So beautiful up there, it's very

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quiet. There was people clapping, people cheering. People crying.

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Waving flags. People had Union Jacks in windows and things, they

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did houses up for Tom. Tom was always very close to his 14-year-

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old sister, Demi. At the funeral service in the village Church she

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read a tribute she had written to her brother. This is what makes you

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who you are, Thomas. T - thoughtful. You always thought of everyone. H -

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hero. You you were everyone's hero. O - outstanding. You were an

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outstanding brother, son, boyfriend and best friend. M - military. You

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wouldn't be who you are today without a military background. A -

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amusing. You are the funniest person I know. S - star. You are

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the brightest star in the sky. Love you, big bro. Sleep tight. Your

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little sister, Demi. Just before Tom deployed he took Demi out for a

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meal, they went to the cinema and to the Pizza Hut and that's when

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they had the talk. He said to Demi, just follow your dream and what you

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want to do in life, just go for it. Because that's what I did.

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He were a top son, a top brother and a top soldier.

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The Pipes are now playing the Scottish lament Flowers of the

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Forest. Perhaps this is a moment to remember all those who died on

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds

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operations since last Remembrance MUSIC: Nimrod

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds

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MUSIC: "Nimrod" from the Enigma Nimrod, from Edward Elgar's Enigma

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Variations, followed by Dido's There is an old military attrition

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of soldiers going on an act of service writing a letter to their

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families, to be opened only if they are killed. A 20-year-old Grenadier

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Guardsman, Tony Downes, wrote such a letter before being sent to

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Afghanistan. On patrol near Sangin, he was killed when his vehicle

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struck a landmine. His parents duly opened his letter. This is what he

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Now I'm up in heaven looking down on you all, I'll always be there

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with you. You've been the best family any son could ask for and I

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thank you for the life that I had. Granddad and Nana are looking after

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me now, so I'll be OK. Well - they're stopping me flirting with

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the birds! I love you all from the bottom of my heart. Please don't be

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mad at what's happened. I did what I had to do and serving the British

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Army was it. Again, don't be sad! Celebrate my life, cos I love you

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and will see you all again. Dad, thanks for everything. I love you

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so much. I hope I've made you proud, MUSIC: "Dido's Lament" by Henry

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds

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Preceded by the cross, born by a former chorister. The Bishop of

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London will take the brief service here at the Cenotaph, accompanied

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by the Serjeant of the vestry, the chaplain and chief to the Royal Air

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Force, the sub-dean of her Majesty's chapel Royal and the Dean.

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And they are followed out by the Major General Commanding the

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Household Division, Colonel George Norton and his chief-of-staff, and

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they will march down Whitehall to take up their position prior to the

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politicians who come here today, the Prime Minister and the leader

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of the opposition among them. David Cameron, Nick Clegg behind him, Ed

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Miliband. The deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in

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Northern Ireland. The leader of Plaid Cymru, representing the Welsh

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nationalists. They line up on the front row with their wreaths.

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William Hague on the left, with his special wreath and the Speaker on

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his right. And then behind, the former prime ministers. Sir John

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Major is here. Tony Blair. And the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the

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Secretary of State for Defence and the senior members of the

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Government. And they are followed out again, again, bearing wreaths,

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by the High Commissioners. 47 High Commissioners or their deputies,

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from Commonwealth countries. Almost all of them lost citizens in the

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first or Second World War. Only you wonder and Mozambique, two new

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members of the Commonwealth -- Rwanda and Mozambique are not

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included. They will be followed by 15 representatives of religious

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denominations, led by the Roman Catholic Bishop of the forces, the

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Right Reverend Richard more off, the Chief Rabbi of the Hebrew

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congregations, the Free churches, the Buddhist faith, the president

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of the Methodist Conference, a representative from the Muslim

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Council of Britain, the United Reformed Church, the general

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secretary of the Hindu temples, Jonathan Edwards, President of the

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Baptist Union and representatives of the Sikh organisations, Reform

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Judaism, the Salvation Army, you can see the red cap and his

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eminence, the Archbishop and the representative of the Zoroastrian

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church in the white. Watching from the balcony, the Duchess of

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Cambridge, married to Prince William of Wales last year. And

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beside her, the Countess of Wessex, the wife of Prince Edward, will be

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taking a salute. On the left, Sir Timothy Laurence, the husband of

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the Princess Royal. And so, with just under two minutes to go until

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11 o'clock, the scene is set here for the royal party who will be

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Major Guthrie of the Scots Guards brings the parade to attention. The

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Duke of Edinburgh, her Majesty, the Queen on his right. The Duke of

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Cambridge, the Duke of York, the Earl of Wessex, Prince Michael of

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Kent, who is standing for his brother, the Duke of Kent. And Lord

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Guthrie, who is here run behalf of the Prince of Wales, who is away in

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New Zealand. Their wreath are taken behind them. They salute and we

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds

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The Royal Marine buglers sound the Last Post. And now, do you wreath-

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laying, beginning with her Majesty, the Queen. She walks forward and

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lays it at the foot of the Cenotaph. The Duke of Edinburgh next, who was

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last Thursday at the Field of Remembrance by the side of

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Westminster Abbey, that old space of field of poppies, remembering

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He is followed by the Duke of Cambridge, in his Royal Air Force

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uniform. A search and rescue helicopter pilot, working at RAF

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds

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He is followed by the Earl of Wessex, an honorary Colonel in the

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Yeomanry who will be later taking the salute of this march-past on

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The Princess Royal, Chief Commandant for Women in the Royal

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Prince Michael of Kent laying a wreath on behalf of of the Duke of

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Kent who is at Stanley in the Finally, the former Chief of the

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Defence Staff, Lord Guthrie, laying a wreath on behalf of the Prince of

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Wales, who is on a visit to New Stand at ease! The parade stands at

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ease and Beethoven's Funeral March in B flat minor is played as the

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politicians come forward. First, MUSIC: Funeral March

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the Deputy Prime Minister, the leader of the Liberal Democrats,

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He is followed by the leader of the Next a wreath laid on behalf of the

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Plaid Cymru and Scottish This is Elwyn Clwyd from Plaid

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Cymru. He was presided by Nigel Dodds, from the Democratic Unionist

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Party of Northern Ireland. Here now is the Secretary of State for

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foreign and Commonwealth affairs, William Hague, laying this wreath

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on behalf of the overseas And now the High Commissioners.

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They come in groups. First, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, South

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Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, They'll be followed by another

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group, Nigeria, Cyprus, Sierra Leone, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago,

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Uganda, Kenya and Malawi. Soldiers from West Africa provided 155,000

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troops for the Second World War, 10,000 of them killed and East

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Africa, 100,000, all volunteers, over 10,000 of whom were killed.

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The third group, Malta, Zambia, the Gambia, Singapore, Barbados and

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Mauritius, and Malta most famous for receiving the George cross for

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bravery in the face of relentless German bombardment. Playing, of

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course, a crucial part in the battle for North Africa and the

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invasion by the allied forces of The next group, Swaziland,

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Bangladesh, the Bahamas, the Commonwealth of Dominica, St Lucia.

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Many Fijians serving in the Army today and fighting in Afghanistan.

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The final group will be St Vincent and the Grenadines, the maldives,

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Namibia, Cameroon, Mozambique and Rwanda. It's worth remembering

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perhaps the scale of the Commonwealth contribution. The

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Canadians in the World War I, 65,000 losing their lives,

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particularly famous for enduring terrible bombardment in the battle

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And the Civilian Chiefs Captain John Freestone of the Merchant Navy

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who commanded the barge at the Royal Thames, a representative of

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the Air Transport Auxiliary Service and the chief fire and rescue

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advisor. Those wreaths are laid, the Dean, the Bishop of London,

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will open the service. Oh, almighty God, grant we beseech

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thee that we who here do hopb tore the memory of those who have died

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in the service of their country and of the Crown may be so inspired by

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the spirit of their love and fortitude that forgetting all

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selfish and unworthy motives, we may live only to thy glory and to

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the service of mankind through # Oh God our help in ages past

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# Our hope for years to come # Our shelter from the stormy blast

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# And our eternal home # Beneath the shadow of thy throne

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# Thy Saints have dwelt secure # Sufficient is thine arm alone

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# And our defence is sure # 1,000 ages in thy sight

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# Are like an evening gone # Short as the watch that ends the

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night # Before the rising sun

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# Oh God, our help in ages past # Our hope in years to come

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# Bethou our guard while troubles last

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Teach us good Lord to serve thee as tho, deservest, to give and not to

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count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to

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seek for rest, to labour and not ask for any reward, save that of

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knowing that we do thy will, through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.

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Our father which art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom

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come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day

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our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who

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trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us

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from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever

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and ever. Amen. Unto God's gracious mercy and

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protection we commit you. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord

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make his fane to shine upon you. And be gracious unto you. The Lord

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lift up the light of his countenance upon you, and give you

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds

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# God save our gracious Queen # Long live our noble Queen

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# God save the Queen # Send her victorious

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# Happy and glorious # Long to reign over us

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The royal party now believe Whitehall, passing through the line

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And then the Chapel Royal, extraordinarily, the first Choir

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School. It is said to have been established in 635, and they have

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been a choir school ever since. The British Legion organised this march

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past that follows the formalities at the Cenotaph, when the service

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and the Royal Family and the politicians have left. The British

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Legion takes over, led by their President, Vice-Admiral Peter

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Wilkinson. He will be laying a wreath on behalf of the Royal

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British Legion, responsible, of course, for all these poppies. The

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Poppy Day appeal now reaches a magnificent 40 million. They are

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hoping for �42 million this year. They make 45 million poppies in off.

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It is an appeal which began way Peter Orchard, for London transport.

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The Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League, Patrick Mitford-Slade. The

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Royal Air Force Association, Brian practice and. The Royal Naval

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Association. The Scotland representative of the Royal British

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Legion, and the women's section. The wreath is laid by Wendy

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Bromwich. And as you will know if you have watched this Cenotaph

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ceremony, this is just the beginning of what in the end will

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be a garden of poppies around the foot of the Cenotaph, as all those

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taking part in the parade lay their Nearly 10,000 people here, veterans,

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relations of veterans, waiting for So the massed bands play as this

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band leads firstly the Royal British Legion and their

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representatives, those who have chosen to come, saluting the

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Cenotaph. In top hats, the three men who will receive wreaths from

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the contingents as they go by. And this year, the Parade is led by the

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Royal Navy, the Royal Navy Association here. Robert Cockburn

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leads them and the wreath bearer, the national chairman. Everyone who

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has served in the Royal Navy and belonged there. Then the green

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berets of the Royal Marines Association. Their wreath Berra,

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Paddy done. And Mark Ormerod, a triple amputee injured in the 2007,

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marching with them. All trained to Commando level before they get the

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coveted green beret. They will be followed up by the vital Merchant

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Navy Association. Churchill said the only thing that really

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frightened him during the war was the U-boat peril in the Atlantic.

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The Fleet Air Arm Association, eyes left as they past the Cenotaph. The

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Fleet Air arm gangly association is marching for the first time this

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year. -- the Fleet Air Arm Junglie Association. They served in the

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Indonesian confrontation in the 1960s. The Andromeda association is

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here. The ball walk Association, the Glasgow Association, the HMS

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Tiger Association, all different ships. Queen Alexandra's and Royal

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Naval Nursing Service Association. They have been on two tours of Camp

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Bastion. They now have their own state-of-the-art hospital ship. The

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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

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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.
:51:31.:51:32.

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

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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.
:52:35.:52:36.

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.
:53:24.:53:29.

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.
:53:57.:53:59.

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.
:54:58.:55:00.

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,

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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

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Veterans Association. Then the Salvation Army and their wreath

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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.

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-- they have been working since the Boer War. The Commonwealth War

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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.
:57:55.:57:57.

different countries. Well, we are coming towards the end of the March

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Past here at the Cenotaph, nearly 10,000 people, veterans of the

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Second World War and wars since then. No one left to march for the

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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

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