:00:17. > :00:21.Good morning from the heart of London.
:00:22. > :00:25.The familiar landmarks of Westminster Abbey,
:00:26. > :00:30.the Palace of Westminster and Whitehall
:00:31. > :00:39.Around this Portland stone memorial, crowds are gathered,
:00:40. > :00:43.as they have been every year for nearly 100 years,
:00:44. > :00:46.to remember and pay homage to the British and Commonwealth forces
:00:47. > :00:53.killed in two World Wars and all the conflicts since then.
:00:54. > :01:00.This year, after 13 years and over 450 deaths, British combat forces
:01:01. > :01:05.were withdrawn from Afghanistan, but there as elsewhere in the world,
:01:06. > :01:14.members of the Armed Forces remain - often in peril, always at risk.
:01:15. > :01:19.Flight Lieutenants Alan Scott and Geraint Roberts
:01:20. > :01:22.were killed in a helicopter crash in Kabul.
:01:23. > :01:29.And Lance Corporal Michael Campbell died earlier this year
:01:30. > :01:34.after an injury in Afghanistan three years ago.
:01:35. > :01:41.to serve as a memorial for the dead of the First World War,
:01:42. > :01:43.the war which changed the nature of war.
:01:44. > :01:53.100 years on, just as we did last year and will again next year,
:01:54. > :01:59.we have, as a nation, been remembering those times.
:02:00. > :02:04.At the War Graves Cemetery in Brookwood near Woking,
:02:05. > :02:08.a new memorial to those killed in the First World War
:02:09. > :02:11.was unveiled a few days ago by the Duke of Kent,
:02:12. > :02:15.president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
:02:16. > :02:19.It has brought together the names of 264 men
:02:20. > :02:30.killed the day after Britain declared war on Germany in 1914,
:02:31. > :02:37.who died the very day the Armistice was signed four years later.
:02:38. > :02:54.A place for families to come and remember.
:02:55. > :02:58.Thousands of veterans have gathered in Horse Guards Parade,
:02:59. > :03:15.Beyond the Cenotaph, up towards Trafalgar Square,
:03:16. > :03:25.each contingent laying a wreath as they pass.
:03:26. > :03:44.to share private memories and recall old friends.
:03:45. > :03:52.Many March in memory of a father, mother, grandfather or grandmother
:03:53. > :03:56.in honour of their service during the war. Some people come here for
:03:57. > :04:08.the very first time. Yes, I am here with JJ Chalmers, who
:04:09. > :04:13.served with 42 Commando in Afghanistan, and also Terri Pitts,
:04:14. > :04:17.who served with the royal army nursing Corps, both here for the
:04:18. > :04:22.first time. First to you, you were terribly injured in Afghanistan, you
:04:23. > :04:27.had only been there for two months, what does it mean to you to be here?
:04:28. > :04:31.It is an honour and a privilege, I have never been to the Cenotaph
:04:32. > :04:37.because of commitments, and it is unbelievable to be here, looking at
:04:38. > :04:41.these incredible people. I have similar stories, but we have gone
:04:42. > :04:45.through incredibly different journeys, and mine ended with being
:04:46. > :04:48.wounded in Afghanistan. But I have wonderful memories of my time in the
:04:49. > :04:54.military and painful times, and they all come together to make a real mix
:04:55. > :04:59.of emotions. Since you were injured in 2011, you have had more than 30
:05:00. > :05:04.operations, and you lost two friends. I was incredibly lucky to
:05:05. > :05:08.come out of that incident, I was carried off the battlefield where
:05:09. > :05:12.others were not. Eyelid my life in remembrance of them every single
:05:13. > :05:23.day, but it is amazing to have support from everybody to share that
:05:24. > :05:32.burden. -- I live my life. This is your first time carrying the wreath.
:05:33. > :05:40.I am delighted and privileged to be here today, to be able to lay the
:05:41. > :05:43.wreath on behalf of the Queen Alexandra Royal Army Nursing Corps.
:05:44. > :05:46.. You have worked at Headley Court and said in Afghanistan, today is
:05:47. > :05:51.about remembering those who have died, but also those who have been
:05:52. > :05:56.badly injured, those who make sacrifices. Yes, I have worked at
:05:57. > :05:59.Headley Court, looked after the guys who sustained life changing
:06:00. > :06:02.injuries, it is important we run member them and raise awareness so
:06:03. > :06:07.that we support them and look after them. -- we remember them. As we
:06:08. > :06:13.discovered when you looked after each other, you looked after JJ. I
:06:14. > :06:17.did, you look terrific, the beard, completely different, I am delighted
:06:18. > :06:24.that you are well, great to meet you again. As she said, you were a model
:06:25. > :06:30.patient! The support and help you got in the years after your injuries
:06:31. > :06:33.must have been incredible. It is unbelievable, we have an incredible
:06:34. > :06:37.support and recovery system provided by the MOD and the military, but
:06:38. > :06:43.also the charities that come together to give as a better quality
:06:44. > :06:46.of life. They are angels, incredible people who take unbelievable
:06:47. > :06:51.sacrifice to put as back on our feet to give us the best life we possibly
:06:52. > :06:55.can have. Looking around at the crowds, they have been queueing for
:06:56. > :06:58.a long time to take their places on Whitehall, what does the public
:06:59. > :07:04.support mean to you? It is humbling, it is so ambling. I did this to
:07:05. > :07:08.better our nation, to support these people. My opinion that has not
:07:09. > :07:14.changed whatsoever. I was to serve my country, and so incredible that
:07:15. > :07:17.they will come out and support as in return. You work at the Royal
:07:18. > :07:23.Hospital in Chelsea, you know what it means to the veterans here today
:07:24. > :07:25.but also those who cannot be here. They are watching on television,
:07:26. > :07:30.they know I am being interviewed, they keep reminding me, yes, we will
:07:31. > :07:34.be watching you! It means everything to them, and I feel exactly what
:07:35. > :07:38.they feel. Thank you so much for joining me, I will let you take your
:07:39. > :07:45.place for the march-past. Back to you now, David.
:07:46. > :07:51.The ceremony we will see today differs very little from the
:07:52. > :07:55.familiar scene, Her Majesty the Queen will lay a wreath on behalf of
:07:56. > :07:57.the nation. With her this year, King
:07:58. > :08:02.Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, marking the 70th anniversary of
:08:03. > :08:20.the liberation of Holland in 1945. Other members of the Royal family,
:08:21. > :08:26.not including the Prince of Wales, who is on an official visit to
:08:27. > :08:28.Australia and new, they will lay wreaths in two groups.
:08:29. > :08:30.Others, senior members of the Armed Forces, politicians
:08:31. > :08:33.and High Commissioners from the Commonwealth will lay theirs too.
:08:34. > :08:35.The Massed Bands of the Guards Division, the Pipes and Drums
:08:36. > :08:39.of the Black Watch, the Royal Marines and the Central Band
:08:40. > :08:42.of the RAF will play the traditional music of Remembrance,
:08:43. > :08:53.leading to the two minutes' silence at 11am.
:08:54. > :09:02.And around the Cenotaph, the whole of the Hollow Square, people on all
:09:03. > :09:05.four sites, the initial infantry formation, the Household Cavalry,
:09:06. > :09:11.the Life Guards this year, and next to them the King's Troop Royal Horse
:09:12. > :09:15.Artillery under the command of captain Julie Navarro hammer in
:09:16. > :09:24.charge of the detachment, standing in front. And then the 1st Battalion
:09:25. > :09:30.of the Grenadier Guards, proud of land score James Ashworth, who was
:09:31. > :09:37.awarded the VC for their action in Afghanistan in 2012. -- lance
:09:38. > :09:46.corporal. On the west side, opposite them, the Royal Navy, including the
:09:47. > :09:52.fleet air arm, bearing in mind their great victory 75 years ago when they
:09:53. > :10:07.attacked the battalion. The Royal Marines are here from 43 Commando.
:10:08. > :10:10.And then the Gurkhas 2nd Battalion the Royal Gurkha rifles represented
:10:11. > :10:15.here, the 200th anniversary of the moment when they first took up arms
:10:16. > :10:19.for the British India army, what became the British India army, what
:10:20. > :10:28.was in fact the East India company at the time, remembering 200 years
:10:29. > :10:35.of bold service in the cause of the Crown. And then the royal air force
:10:36. > :10:40.is here. They, of course, have been commemorating the Battle of Britain,
:10:41. > :10:47.and the civilian services, representing everything from the
:10:48. > :10:55.police to the Prison Service. And in a moment, the Massed Bands
:10:56. > :10:57.under the baton of Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Roberts,
:10:58. > :10:59.the senior director of music, and, as always,
:11:00. > :11:04.the music begins with Rule, Britannia!
:11:05. > :12:03.MUSIC: Rule, Britannia! by Thomas Arne
:12:04. > :12:05.The Massed Bands now play Heart of Oak,
:12:06. > :12:09.the Minstrel Boy, and Men of Harlech.
:12:10. > :12:19.MUSIC: Heart of Oak (Royal Navy Official March)
:12:20. > :12:25.As always at the Cenotaph, we remember events past and
:12:26. > :12:30.anniversaries each year, and 100 years ago in September 1915, the
:12:31. > :12:36.Allies were preparing a big offensive against the Germans to the
:12:37. > :12:43.East. The British First Army, 75,000 strong, attacked the German line at
:12:44. > :12:46.the small mining town of Loos in northern France. This lodging the
:12:47. > :12:55.Germans proved much harder than expected, weeks of fighting ended in
:12:56. > :12:59.a stalemate. -- this lodging. One of its heroes is remembered by his
:13:00. > :13:13.great-grandson. My grandfather was Piper Daniel
:13:14. > :13:18.Laidlaw, a season the soldier before the First World War, he re-enlisted
:13:19. > :13:23.in 1914 at the outbreak of the war, part of Kitchener's army. The piper
:13:24. > :13:28.in the battle leads the men over the top, not just over the top, he
:13:29. > :13:31.actually leads them into battle, so he will play across no man's land
:13:32. > :13:36.and lead them right across into the battle. He was an armed. All he had
:13:37. > :13:43.on him was as pipes, no weapons whatsoever. It was at Loos that gas
:13:44. > :13:49.was first used by the British after the Germans had unleashed it a few
:13:50. > :13:53.months earlier. It proved a fickle weapon. A change of wind blew it
:13:54. > :13:59.back into the British trenches that it had been fired from. There was
:14:00. > :14:04.total confusion, so the line only started to move when the Piper
:14:05. > :14:09.struck up his pipes, mounted the parapet and started playing, and
:14:10. > :14:14.then the men went over the top and followed him into the battle. And he
:14:15. > :14:20.actually got over the first or second line of defences, and then he
:14:21. > :14:25.was shot his legs. He managed to hobble back to the trenches, and he
:14:26. > :14:29.was very lucky that he survived. There were 60,000 casualties in the
:14:30. > :14:36.three and a hard weeks of the Battle of Loos, 21,000 dead. Daniel Laidlaw
:14:37. > :14:40.miraculously survived and was awarded the Victoria Cross. And on
:14:41. > :14:46.his return to Britain, he made a point of playing every year in
:14:47. > :14:50.memory of his dead comrades. He did lead marches to the Cenotaph on a
:14:51. > :14:53.member and state. It must have been quite difficult to actually be at
:14:54. > :14:59.the Cenotaph and remember these people. -- on Remembrance Day. It is
:15:00. > :15:06.quite hard to get over the amount of names on the walls here, men who
:15:07. > :15:13.lost their life. For me, it is very mixed emotions, proud of what he
:15:14. > :15:19.did, but very sad to think about all those who, you know, were getting
:15:20. > :15:19.gassed, just in the top of the trench, killed instantly. It is
:15:20. > :15:38.quite hard to take in, really. The Skye Boat Song played by the
:15:39. > :16:35.pipes and drums of the Black Watch. The senior drum Major, Scott
:16:36. > :16:46.Fitzgerald of the Coldstream Guards, brings the parade to attention and
:16:47. > :16:56.the Massed Bands now play Isle of Beauty. The numbers of the dead
:16:57. > :17:00.counted on this Remembrance Sunday is always shocking and of course it
:17:01. > :17:08.is the source of all public grief, but every death is also a place for
:17:09. > :17:13.private grieving. Corporal Liam Riley served with the 3rd Battalion
:17:14. > :17:19.of the Yorkshire Regiment, he died in Afghanistan in 2010. He was
:17:20. > :17:25.killed by an IED, an explosive device planted by the Taliban. If
:17:26. > :17:31.ever you asked him what he was going to be when he grew up, he said I
:17:32. > :17:37.will be a soldier, I will be in the army, and he never wavered. He used
:17:38. > :17:43.to say, I'm going to be a soldier, I'm going to be a soldier. All
:17:44. > :17:48.along, that was what he wanted. My big brother was a tall, friendly guy
:17:49. > :17:55.who was there for everyone and everyone loved him to bits. He was
:17:56. > :18:01.really a high-flying young man in the army but when he came home he
:18:02. > :18:08.just left the army behind him and went into family mode. Liam went to
:18:09. > :18:12.Afghanistan in 2009. He missed going with his regiment because he was
:18:13. > :18:19.doing his Corporal course and the army wouldn't release him to go,
:18:20. > :18:24.which he wasn't happy about. He actually came home and said, how did
:18:25. > :18:29.they expect me to train other young soldiers to go to Afghanistan when
:18:30. > :18:35.I've not been myself? He was that adamant that he wanted to go and I
:18:36. > :18:41.think they let him go under pressure, to be honest. After I had
:18:42. > :18:46.got the news that Liam had died, my initial thoughts were, I've got to
:18:47. > :18:54.go and see my mum. Everyone needs them on. I heard my door go and I
:18:55. > :19:01.heard this screaming. I knew it was Cheryl. I don't how anybody goes on
:19:02. > :19:09.losing a child but it broke my heart losing a grandson. To lose a child,
:19:10. > :19:13.it is terrible. On Remembrance Sunday we go and visit his grave,
:19:14. > :19:20.bring flowers and have a minute of silence to remember him. It is such
:19:21. > :19:24.an emotional day but it is fulfilling for me in the fact you
:19:25. > :19:30.see people remembering obviously not just my son but all those who have
:19:31. > :19:37.given their lives for our country. Remembrance Sunday has changed for
:19:38. > :19:41.me because it is more poignant now, you've got one of your own that
:19:42. > :19:46.you've got to remember and you are thankful that people do remember and
:19:47. > :19:52.I hope they carry on remembering. I felt proper proud of Liam that he
:19:53. > :19:58.wanted to do the army really bad and he wanted to do his best. It makes
:19:59. > :20:03.me very proud to say that he went out there and fought for our
:20:04. > :20:08.country. You've got to have those memories and have good memories,
:20:09. > :20:16.that's how you get through it. I've got a photo of me, Liam and his
:20:17. > :20:17.grandad sitting in our kitchen. I salute him every morning and every
:20:18. > :20:37.night. Love him. The pipes and drums will now play
:20:38. > :21:09.the Scottish lament. The other major event of 1915 was
:21:10. > :21:13.the Gallipoli campaign in early 19 50,000 of Allied troops including
:21:14. > :21:23.Australians try to capture the entrance of the Dardanelles. It
:21:24. > :21:28.ended on this hostile coast in stalemate and retreat, but not until
:21:29. > :21:33.nearly 60,000 Allied forces have lost their lives there. 1915,
:21:34. > :22:48.rightly called the death of innocents.
:22:49. > :27:03.And now Edward Elgar's haunting melody, Nimrod the Hunter.
:27:04. > :27:22.Next, music by Henry Purcell, Dido's Lament.
:27:23. > :27:26."When I am laid in Earth, remember me - but, oh, forget my fate."
:27:27. > :27:29.and at 11am, after the two-minute silence,
:27:30. > :27:39.the Queen will lay a wreath on behalf of the nation.
:27:40. > :27:41.The music awakens memories, some of them private,
:27:42. > :27:43.but also of heroic campaigns for the Royal Air Force.
:27:44. > :27:49.This year is the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain,
:27:50. > :27:52.fought over the skies of Southern England and which ended in the
:27:53. > :29:57.The clergy procession leaving the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
:29:58. > :30:03.building, and the Bishop of London, the Right Reverend Richard Chartres.
:30:04. > :30:12.Then the Major General, two mounted regiments of Household Cavalry,
:30:13. > :30:16.Major General Edwards Smith Osman and Mike Wilmot. Then the
:30:17. > :30:21.politicians come out led by David Cameron, the Prime Minister. Those
:30:22. > :30:27.familiar faces from the House of Commons, Tony Blair, John Major,
:30:28. > :30:34.Gordon Brown. They take their place to one side, Jeremy Corbyn, the
:30:35. > :30:37.Leader of the Opposition, standing next to the Prime Minister, and
:30:38. > :30:43.Angus Robertson from the Scottish National Party, Jim Fallon of the
:30:44. > :30:47.Liberal Democrats, they will all be laying the wreaths. The chief
:30:48. > :30:54.Defence Staff, Sir Nicholas Horton, the First Sea Lord Chief, Admiral
:30:55. > :31:06.Sir George Zambellas, General Nicholas Carter, and Chief of the
:31:07. > :31:13.air staff, Andrew Pulford. And with them there the ambassador from
:31:14. > :31:19.Ireland. And now the procession of High Commissioners from the
:31:20. > :31:23.Commonwealth, 46 in all, laying wreaths, each of them, on behalf of
:31:24. > :31:28.their countries, most of whom played a part in the first and second world
:31:29. > :31:36.Wars, some of whom were absolutely crucial to victory, the Commonwealth
:31:37. > :31:42.countries, without which the war could not have been won. There are
:31:43. > :31:47.14 religious denominations emerging now from the doorway there,
:31:48. > :31:54.Christian, Hebrew, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist. A group that has gradually
:31:55. > :32:23.grown over the years. And at the end of the row, His
:32:24. > :32:29.Eminence the Archbishop glorious for the Greek Orthodox Church. On the
:32:30. > :32:37.balcony, the Queen of the Netherlands, Queen Maxima there next
:32:38. > :32:41.to the Duchess of Cambridge. On the left, Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the
:32:42. > :33:19.Princess Royal's husband. The Countess of Wessex on the right.
:33:20. > :33:36.Silence now as we wait for the Royal party to come down and the red steps
:33:37. > :33:48.from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office there with the guard of
:33:49. > :33:55.honour on each side. Her Majesty the Queen with, beside her, the king of
:33:56. > :34:00.the Netherlands, the Duke of Edinburgh.
:34:01. > :34:14.And other members of the Royal family, the Duke of Cambridge,
:34:15. > :34:19.Prince Henry of Wales, the Duke Of York, the jukebox Kent, all of whom
:34:20. > :34:24.will be laying wreaths. -- the Jukes of Kent. It is now just a few
:34:25. > :34:37.moments before Big Ben chimes for the two minutes' silence at 11.
:34:38. > :38:47.Last Post sounded, the gunfire at the end of the two minutes silence,
:38:48. > :39:13.and the Queen lays her wreath on behalf of the nation.
:39:14. > :39:22.And now the king of the Netherlands is handed his wreath by a general of
:39:23. > :39:32.the Royal Netherlands Army, laying this wreath in commemoration of the
:39:33. > :39:35.liberation of Holland. His great-grandmother, will helm, took
:39:36. > :39:44.refuge here during the Second World War. -- Wilhelmina. And now the Duke
:39:45. > :40:00.of Edinburgh, who served with distinction in the Second World War.
:40:01. > :40:08.The other members of the Royal family will lay their wreaths in
:40:09. > :40:18.three groups. The Duke of Cambridge, Prince Henry of Wales and the Duke
:40:19. > :40:22.of York first. All of whom have seen service in the armed forces, the
:40:23. > :40:26.Duke of York in the Falklands, Prince Henry in the Blues and
:40:27. > :40:32.Royals, the Duke of Cambridge in the Household Cavalry, the Royal Air
:40:33. > :40:36.Force, and now involved in search and rescue. Then the next group of
:40:37. > :40:46.three, the Earl of Wessex, the Princess Royal and the Duke of
:40:47. > :40:50.Kent. The Earl of Wessex, an honorary colonel of the Wessex
:40:51. > :41:06.Yeomanry. The Duke of Kent served 21 years.
:41:07. > :41:16.And the parade will be called to stand at ease, and then the Prime
:41:17. > :41:23.Minister will be the first of the politicians to lay his wreath.
:41:24. > :41:36.There has been some discussion about which politicians should lay wreaths
:41:37. > :41:40.and in which order, but it emerges that any politician leading a party
:41:41. > :41:50.with six members in the House of Commons is entitled to lay a wreath
:41:51. > :41:57.here. So the Prime Minister lays his wreath, and he will be followed by
:41:58. > :42:17.Jeremy Corbyn, the new official Leader of the Opposition.
:42:18. > :42:31.After him, Angus Robertson from the Scottish National Party, who lays a
:42:32. > :42:39.wreath on behalf of the SNP and also Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalists.
:42:40. > :43:00.Tim Farron for the Liberal Democrats.
:43:01. > :43:04.Nigel Dodds, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party at
:43:05. > :43:27.Westminster. And the Secretary of State for
:43:28. > :43:31.Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Philip Hammond, laying this wreath
:43:32. > :43:34.on behalf of 14 overseas territories, Gibraltar, Bermuda, the
:43:35. > :43:43.Pitcairn Islands, the Falkland Islands. This more extravagant
:43:44. > :43:48.wreath with flowers taken from all those territories. And next, the
:43:49. > :43:53.High Commissioners. First, the countries that played a huge part in
:43:54. > :44:03.both world wars, Canada and Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
:44:04. > :44:09.and India. India had over 2.5 million volunteers serving in World
:44:10. > :44:17.War II. Canada lost over 100,000 in both world wars. Australia lost over
:44:18. > :44:19.100,000. New Zealand, South Africa, 30000 and 20,000 dead. India,
:44:20. > :44:34.160,000 killed. The next group is led off by
:44:35. > :44:41.Nigeria, whose 82nd West African Division fought with great
:44:42. > :44:45.distinction in Burma. Cyprus, 30,000 served with the British Army after
:44:46. > :44:50.the German invasion of Greece. Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Jamaica,
:44:51. > :44:55.which provided naval bases, Trinidad and Tobago, which provided bases for
:44:56. > :45:02.the United States after the deal over destroyers, and Kenya, which
:45:03. > :45:05.fought in East Africa and to have some members here for the first time
:45:06. > :45:19.on parades during the march passed today. -- march-past. The next group
:45:20. > :45:23.is led off by Malta, who were awarded the George Cross, whose
:45:24. > :45:33.harbour was so crucial to provide goods during the war in North
:45:34. > :45:38.Africa, and which the Axis bombed and tried to start into submission.
:45:39. > :45:54.Zambia, Singapore, Botswana, Lesotho, Barbados and Mauritius. You
:45:55. > :46:02.will see in each contingent, one person giving the orders as they
:46:03. > :46:08.come out and turn together back to their place. The next group led by
:46:09. > :46:13.Swaziland, whose King gathered together a group of young men to go
:46:14. > :46:18.and fight with Britain in the Second World War. Tonga, Fiji, Bangladesh,
:46:19. > :46:26.the Bahamas governed by the Duke of Windsor, grenade, Papa New Guinea,
:46:27. > :46:43.the Seychelles, the Commonwealth of Dominique and St Lucia. -- Granada.
:46:44. > :46:54.And the final group, Belize, the Maldives, Saint Christopher
:46:55. > :47:00.needless, Namibia, Cameroon, and finally two members of the
:47:01. > :47:20.Commonwealth who had no colonial link, Rwanda and Mozambique.
:47:21. > :47:30.The next wreath will be laid by the Ambassador of Ireland to Great
:47:31. > :47:35.Britain in memory of 200,000 volunteers from Ireland who served
:47:36. > :47:56.in World War I, of whom 35,000 lost their lives.
:47:57. > :48:09.Next, the service chiefs, the Green wreath there laid by the Irish
:48:10. > :48:13.ambassador. Admiral Sir George Zambellas, Sir Nicholas Carter for
:48:14. > :48:17.the army and Sir Andrew Pulford for the Royal Air Force, the Chief of
:48:18. > :48:26.the Defence Staff doesn't lay a wreath, just those three. And the
:48:27. > :48:31.civilian chiefs for low, the Merchant Navy, all important in the
:48:32. > :48:48.battle of the Atlantic, represented by Captain Jim Connolly. The new
:48:49. > :48:50.chair of the national Chief police Council there. As soon as they are
:48:51. > :48:54.packing their place service begins. O, Almighty God, grant we beseech
:48:55. > :48:58.thee that we who here do honour to the memory of those who have died in
:48:59. > :49:04.the service of their country and of the Crown may be so inspired by the
:49:05. > :49:10.spirit of their love and fortitude that, forgetting all selfish
:49:11. > :49:17.and unworthy motives, we may live only to thy glory
:49:18. > :49:22.and to the service of mankind, # Short as the watch
:49:23. > :51:08.that ends the night # Be thou our guide
:51:09. > :51:37.while troubles last Teach us, good Lord, to serve thee
:51:38. > :51:51.as thou deservest, to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not
:51:52. > :51:58.to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labour and not
:51:59. > :52:06.ask for any reward, save that of knowing that we will do thy will,
:52:07. > :52:17.through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. Our Father, which art in Heaven,
:52:18. > :52:20.hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be
:52:21. > :52:26.done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread,
:52:27. > :52:31.and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass
:52:32. > :52:35.against us. And lead us not into temptation,
:52:36. > :52:40.but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power and
:52:41. > :52:49.the glory, for ever and ever, Amen. Unto God's gracious mercy
:52:50. > :52:53.and protection we commit you. The Lord make his face to shine
:52:54. > :53:03.upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up the light
:53:04. > :54:56.of his countenance upon you and give The Queen lead to the Royal family
:54:57. > :55:02.-- leading the Royal family away from Whitehall, that part of the
:55:03. > :55:12.ceremonial here over. The brief service and the laying of the
:55:13. > :55:18.wreaths. The Duke of Cambridge will be going on to horse guards and he
:55:19. > :55:22.will take the salute of the 10,500 people waiting further up Whitehall
:55:23. > :55:28.to march past the Cenotaph. They have been watching this service on
:55:29. > :55:32.huge television screens whilst standing there waiting. They haven't
:55:33. > :55:39.been missing, they have been taking part, singing the hymns and saying
:55:40. > :55:44.the prayers. And the clergy, the choir of the Chapel Royal whose
:55:45. > :55:53.history goes back to the seventh century, and they say two of their
:55:54. > :56:10.senior members wrote a song in 1415. The choir is led by Jason, who
:56:11. > :56:20.has a scholarship. The person who carries the cross has always been a
:56:21. > :56:23.member of the choir before. And the Sergeant of the Vestry, the Forces
:56:24. > :56:29.Chaplain and the Sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal, and of course the
:56:30. > :56:55.Bishop of London, Doctor Richard Chartres. And after the clergy, the
:56:56. > :57:01.politicians. The Speaker of the House of Commons on the bottom right
:57:02. > :57:07.of your screen, John Bercow. Tony Blair on the left, Sir John Major,
:57:08. > :57:14.Gordon Brown, the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, Boris Johnson, the
:57:15. > :57:20.Mayor of London. The politicians move off and after them, the High
:57:21. > :57:24.Commissioners, and shortly there will be space created for the march
:57:25. > :57:32.passed to begin but in the meantime let's rejoin Sophie Raworth. I'm
:57:33. > :57:36.here with Lisa and her family. Your son was killed five years ago in
:57:37. > :57:44.Afghanistan. He was 19 years old and he died trying to protect a
:57:45. > :57:48.comrade. Yes, he did, he was doing covering fire when they got the
:57:49. > :57:53.injured soldier out and that's when he got shot as well. What does it
:57:54. > :57:57.mean for you to be here today? It means a lot because it shows the
:57:58. > :58:02.support everybody gives to fallen soldiers and it is a mark of respect
:58:03. > :58:07.really. I read some of the citations about your son written after he
:58:08. > :58:12.died, and by all accounts, a wonderful, funny, everyone talks
:58:13. > :58:17.about his mischievous grin and a wonderful laugh. Yes, the cheeky
:58:18. > :58:23.chappie all the way. He would rather be making people smile than see them
:58:24. > :58:27.cry. George, it was your idea to come here in the first place. You
:58:28. > :58:35.have come here every year for four years. Why did you come here? I
:58:36. > :58:40.wanted to show how proud he was and of all the other soldiers as well.
:58:41. > :58:46.And standing here now, the public support, how does it make you feel?
:58:47. > :58:51.It makes me feel proud of the respect everybody has for the
:58:52. > :58:56.soldiers. You are marching with the rifles regimental association, how
:58:57. > :59:02.much help of you had from them? They are always hear from me, even today.
:59:03. > :59:08.I have messages from Martin's comrades and friends in the army. If
:59:09. > :59:12.I have any queries, I turn to be Rifles and they help me. Hugely
:59:13. > :59:20.important for you. Yes, very important. I have also been
:59:21. > :59:24.introduced to other bereaved families who understand how I feel,
:59:25. > :59:28.which is hard because a lot of people don't understand how I feel.
:59:29. > :59:34.There are a lot of people you can talk to today who know what you feel
:59:35. > :59:37.like and what you go through. Yes, people listen to you, but unless
:59:38. > :59:44.you've been in the situation it is hard to understand how you feel.
:59:45. > :59:53.With Sapphire and the Rifles, they help you a lot. You can take your
:59:54. > :59:58.place. Thank you very much. Trumpet voluntary plays and the
:59:59. > :00:02.president of the British Legion approaches the Cenotaph with the
:00:03. > :00:08.wreath to be laid on behalf of the Royal British Legion. The oldest
:00:09. > :00:12.among the largest charity supporting the British forces, who organise the
:00:13. > :00:33.march-past. You can see the chalk circles on the
:00:34. > :00:36.base of the Cenotaph where the wreaths are laid, they need to make
:00:37. > :00:40.sure everyone is laid in the right spot, so they do not crowd to one
:00:41. > :00:48.end of the other. The next wreaths will be laid on behalf of London
:00:49. > :00:52.Transport. Air Vice-Marshal David Whitaker, the area president of
:00:53. > :00:58.Scotland and Northern Ireland, for the Royal Air Force association. And
:00:59. > :01:03.the national chairman of the Royal Naval Association. Patrick Mitford
:01:04. > :01:07.Slade of the Royal Commonwealth Pool Ex Services League. And the Royal
:01:08. > :01:13.British Legion Scotland represented by Janet Harvey, and the Women's
:01:14. > :01:24.Section, the national chairman, Marilyn Humphrey. The Royal Naval
:01:25. > :01:28.Association with the distinctive wreath in the form of an anchor in
:01:29. > :02:17.the centre there. It is now coming up towards half
:02:18. > :02:20.past 11. In a few moments' time,
:02:21. > :02:23.the march-past will start, and thousands will pay
:02:24. > :02:26.their respects at the Cenotaph. Among them are veterans
:02:27. > :02:29.of the Second World War, marking the 70th anniversary
:02:30. > :02:35.of the end of this conflict. Four of those who served in that
:02:36. > :02:44.war recall those difficult times. Everybody around me
:02:45. > :02:47.was being called up, and I couldn't see myself
:02:48. > :02:52.as a soldier. because I was young and fit
:02:53. > :02:58.and ready for anything, really. I went into the ATS in 1942
:02:59. > :03:03.and I worked on ack-ack. As a 14-year-old boy, I joined
:03:04. > :03:14.the British Army as a boy soldier. The war started
:03:15. > :03:17.during my boy service. And at 17 and a half,
:03:18. > :03:20.they were desperate for paratroops, I got my wings in February 1943
:03:21. > :03:31.and was posted to 656 Squadron, the only squadron to be posted
:03:32. > :03:37.to the Far East. We were on the banks of the Humber,
:03:38. > :03:43.and we were defending Hull. You could be in bed,
:03:44. > :03:46.and the alarm would go. You'd jump into your boots
:03:47. > :03:49.and grab your greatcoat. Your steel helmet would be there,
:03:50. > :03:51.and you'd go. Sometimes we were called out
:03:52. > :03:54.three and four times in the night. Hull was the worst-bombed place
:03:55. > :03:59.in Britain that I ever saw. They wanted us to be ready
:04:00. > :04:07.for the invasion of Germany, You get to your drop zone
:04:08. > :04:14.and you're at the door and out! And you go out of that aeroplane one
:04:15. > :04:19.at a time, bang-bang-bang-bang-bang. When you jump out of an aeroplane,
:04:20. > :04:23.the slipstream gets you, you know. We went to Normandy.
:04:24. > :04:30.We landed at Gold Beach. And one got killed right
:04:31. > :04:38.by the side of me, and I thought,
:04:39. > :04:40."Oh, it's dangerous here." We were street-fighting,
:04:41. > :04:48.forest clearing, and that's when I got injured, and
:04:49. > :04:52.I lost two of my close colleagues. This leg, which was hanging on
:04:53. > :04:57.by a piece of skin, I put on top of this leg
:04:58. > :05:01.and crawled into a culvert. And that's when I injected myself
:05:02. > :05:06.with the morphine, because I knew the pain would come
:05:07. > :05:12.sooner or later. The night the war ended,
:05:13. > :05:16.I felt a sort of vacuum. Because I knew
:05:17. > :05:19.that was the beginning And it changed my whole attitude
:05:20. > :05:24.to ever so many things It changes your attitude
:05:25. > :05:31.to all kinds of things. When the Second World War
:05:32. > :05:34.came along, everybody grew up. Or a woman,
:05:35. > :05:40.whichever the case may be. And I think to myself,
:05:41. > :05:43.whatever the Second World War was, They say "War to end all wars",
:05:44. > :05:52.but it never works. And I look back and I think,
:05:53. > :05:57."Will this world ever be peaceful?" I hope it will be,
:05:58. > :06:00.because it's a wonderful world and everybody could
:06:01. > :06:05.and should enjoy it. I always think of
:06:06. > :06:09.a nameless soldier who had been washed down the Irrawaddy,
:06:10. > :06:17.and his body was lying on the sand. For nearly a couple of weeks,
:06:18. > :06:22.I flew out over him. I mean, there's an awful lot
:06:23. > :06:29.of chaps out there we left behind, And really they do...
:06:30. > :07:00.they do need special remembrance. So many left behind, and they do
:07:01. > :07:05.need special remembrance. I am joined by World War II veteran
:07:06. > :07:10.Donald Smith, who fought with the Seaforth Highlanders, captured in
:07:11. > :07:21.France in June 1940. Who do you remember when you come here today?
:07:22. > :07:24.Well, five friends, who joined the Seaforth, and we promised, whoever
:07:25. > :07:33.was left, we would come back to remember those lads. These young men
:07:34. > :07:39.were 18, 19, 20 years old. I spent my 19th birthday in hospital,
:07:40. > :07:43.wounded. It is because of these lads, I am very fortunate to
:07:44. > :07:50.survive, but they are left behind, like many more. You are 95 years old
:07:51. > :07:54.now, you only came here for the first time three years ago, what
:07:55. > :07:59.prompted you to come then? To keep the promise to those men, those
:08:00. > :08:07.young lads, my friends that I left behind there, to keep that promise,
:08:08. > :08:13.remember them. So it was a touching ceremony, and I am proud to do it.
:08:14. > :08:18.It is a long time ago now, but still clearly, for you, incredibly
:08:19. > :08:26.emotional. These days, when you remember the two minutes' silence,
:08:27. > :08:34.it comes back. So many of these lads are still out there, proud to
:08:35. > :08:39.remember them. There is also a wonderful camaraderie here, all the
:08:40. > :08:48.veterans who are here. They are so kind. It is wonderful. It is a
:08:49. > :08:52.moving day, I am proud to be here. Extra special for you to be here, 70
:08:53. > :08:58.years ago that you were liberated from a German prisoner of war camp.
:08:59. > :09:05.Yes, that is true. By the American third Army, General Clark, but what
:09:06. > :09:11.a wonderful thing it was to be free again, to get home, back to our
:09:12. > :09:16.families. Well, Donald Smith, wonderful to talk to you here on
:09:17. > :09:24.Whitehall. I will let you take your place in the march-past, thank you
:09:25. > :09:35.so much. Thank you. Thank you. 250 groups marching here this
:09:36. > :09:41.morning at Whitehall, 10,500 people. And many of them, when you
:09:42. > :09:47.talk to them, are now, of course, young people who did not fight in
:09:48. > :09:51.the war, the Second World War, but there are many people, when you talk
:09:52. > :09:57.to them, they are here because they said to their fathers that they
:09:58. > :10:06.would come. And they represent their regiments, their ships, their
:10:07. > :10:12.squadrons of the Royal Air Force. And the mood changing slightly now
:10:13. > :10:17.as, the service over, people relax a bit. As before the service, they are
:10:18. > :10:26.getting together, as in the days before, meeting up with friends. The
:10:27. > :10:37.music ends, and now we're ready for the beginning of the. This year, the
:10:38. > :10:42.Reconnaissance Corps is leading off the march-past. They were, as they
:10:43. > :10:48.put it, they only had the enemy in front, every other beggar behind,
:10:49. > :10:51.because when they went into action, they lead off. The youngest veteran
:10:52. > :11:14.marching today is 89 years old. And here they come, the
:11:15. > :11:20.Reconnaissance Corps, with their distinctive cap badges, a spearhead
:11:21. > :11:24.issuing shafts of light. Set up when the Light Cavalry had to be
:11:25. > :11:31.replaced, the new reconnaissance force created.
:11:32. > :11:35.Or five of the veterans on parades today served in northern France and
:11:36. > :11:56.saw action at D-Day. -- all five. And as every contingent, they will
:11:57. > :12:05.lay their wreath, which will be placed at the foot of the Cenotaph.
:12:06. > :12:18.They are followed by the Royal Horse Artillery, the Royal Artillery
:12:19. > :12:23.Association, the Royal Engineers, and their bomb disposal Association,
:12:24. > :12:31.celebrating their 75th anniversary, served in all recent campaigns, in
:12:32. > :12:33.Iraq and Afghanistan, but they were in the service at St Paul's
:12:34. > :12:42.Cathedral this year. They date back to the days of the Blitz, 1940. They
:12:43. > :12:47.are followed by the Airborne Engineers, Royal Signals, and the
:12:48. > :13:21.Army Air Corps. The Army Air Corps Association
:13:22. > :13:52.wearing their black berets, behind them the Royal Army Service Corps.
:13:53. > :14:03.The Royal Pioneer Corps, wearing their navy blue ties, commemorating
:14:04. > :14:15.the sinking of the Lancastrian, when they lost many of their men. The
:14:16. > :14:20.Light Engineers, the Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, their job, of
:14:21. > :14:30.course, to keep things working. Before them, the Army Catering
:14:31. > :14:33.Corps, all-important, an army marches on its stomach, according to
:14:34. > :14:44.Frederick the Great or Napoleon, whichever you prefer. The
:14:45. > :14:57.Educational Services Training the Royal Army Pay Corps, the Royal
:14:58. > :15:02.Military Police, bright red berets, unlike the maroon of the paratroops.
:15:03. > :15:20.They were formed in 1946 after the war. Queen Alexander does Royal Army
:15:21. > :15:27.Nursing Corps. We saw Terry talking to Sophie Raworth. They were most
:15:28. > :15:30.recently deployed in Sierra Leone, where they had a facility to look
:15:31. > :15:33.after people trying to treat those with