:00:00. > :00:00.On this Remembrance weekend, we call to mind the end of the
:00:00. > :00:10.Second World War, 70 years ago, and the sacrifice of those fighting in
:00:11. > :00:16.And as those global conflicts become ever more distant, it is even more
:00:17. > :00:20.important for us all to pause and to reflect on the immense price paid
:00:21. > :05:26.We look back on the 70th anniversary of the Second World War, while
:05:27. > :05:31.remembering a century ago the Gallipoli campaign was nearing its
:05:32. > :05:36.conclusion. That makes it all the more important for us to unite in
:05:37. > :05:40.solemn remembrance. Many who serve and have served live with the
:05:41. > :05:48.devastating consequences of conflict in many forms. It was also 100 years
:05:49. > :05:53.ago that Blind Veterans UK, formerly known as St Dunstan's was founded.
:05:54. > :06:01.So let's listen to one man's story. I felt that I had no real path
:06:02. > :06:03.to go down. I'd come from children's homes
:06:04. > :06:05.and foster homes. I ended up in Camberwell Court
:06:06. > :06:07.on more than one occasion and the magistrate
:06:08. > :06:10.just gave me an opportunity, he said, why not go and
:06:11. > :06:11.do something with your life And then before I knew it,
:06:12. > :06:15.I'm in Afghanistan, When I first got to Afghanistan,
:06:16. > :06:21.you get off the Hercules, Cos you're safe,
:06:22. > :06:26.you're in Camp Bastion. And then the next morning,
:06:27. > :06:28.when the sun comes up, you see the chaps who have been out
:06:29. > :06:31.there a lot longer than you and they've got a bleak face, and
:06:32. > :06:34.you know that they've seen hell. For me, being a foster child,
:06:35. > :06:41.I was always very, very conscious that if anything should happen,
:06:42. > :06:43.I wanted it to be me. These chaps, they had wives,
:06:44. > :06:47.they had children. On the 20th August, 2009,
:06:48. > :06:53.when I was hurt, and two men killed,
:06:54. > :06:55.I remember the contact happening and then it just
:06:56. > :06:59.seems to go into a blur, so I've lost a couple of
:07:00. > :07:02.months of my life just being asleep, if you like,
:07:03. > :07:06.in the coma. but it took me ages to have the
:07:07. > :07:10.confidence, even in private, I am now no longer a soldier and
:07:11. > :07:15.I am now this wounded personnel that's got a whole life
:07:16. > :07:20.that wasn't planned out. But somehow I overturned it,
:07:21. > :07:27.and I knew that... and that day just had my name on it,
:07:28. > :07:35.and I'm lucky to tell my tale. The George Medal was given to me
:07:36. > :07:40.for bravery and courage, but for me it actually
:07:41. > :07:42.represents the two men that fell that day
:07:43. > :07:47.in aid of their country. Sergeant Paul McAleese
:07:48. > :07:52.and Private Jonathan Young. Since I've overcome my injuries
:07:53. > :07:56.and learned to accept my injuries, mentally rather than physically,
:07:57. > :08:00.I'm a much better man for it. I totally embrace life now,
:08:01. > :08:02.and the last three years Your Majesty, Your Royal
:08:03. > :08:18.Highnesses, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Rifleman Paul Jacobs
:08:19. > :08:21.accompanied by his former Commanding Officer Brigadier
:08:22. > :08:24.Robert Thomson. At this Festival we raise the Torch
:08:25. > :09:55.of Remembrance for our brothers and sisters, who, mortally wounded,
:09:56. > :10:05.laid aside their dying flame to It is a time to remember, and
:10:06. > :10:20.a time to mourn, as we stand here in recognition of their sacrifice
:10:21. > :10:29.and in support of today's veterans For many,
:10:30. > :10:37.their lives forever changed. We stand in respect as a nation
:10:38. > :10:45.united in Remembrance for those who have served our great country and
:10:46. > :10:53.for our brothers and sisters who So shall the flaming Torch
:10:54. > :11:07.in Remembrance rise even higher, igniting a beacon
:11:08. > :11:20.never to be extinguished. Rifleman Paul Jacobs delivering
:11:21. > :11:37.this year's Festival Citation - This year brings a notable milestone
:11:38. > :11:45.for the Brigade of Gurkhas - they are celebrating two centuries
:11:46. > :11:48.of service to the Crown. marked by selfless loyalty
:11:49. > :11:55.and courage. They sustain that tradition
:11:56. > :12:03.with great pride. The place from where I come,
:12:04. > :12:07.if you talk about the word Gurkhas you get that respect,
:12:08. > :12:10.you get that status. As youngsters up in the hills,
:12:11. > :12:14.they hear about the Gurkhas from their fathers,
:12:15. > :12:16.from their grandfathers, and they want to be
:12:17. > :12:18.a part of it. Being Gurkha is
:12:19. > :12:20.everything for me. I'm fourth generation, and if my son
:12:21. > :12:23.is joining the Gurkhas, My father before me, me
:12:24. > :12:30.following him, and then my son, and between us, we've done 66 years
:12:31. > :12:33.service with Gurkhas. To get that name, Gurkha, that was
:12:34. > :12:39.the proudest moment of my life. 15,000 apply for
:12:40. > :12:44.230 places every year. Those 230 are
:12:45. > :12:47.absolutely the cream of Nepal. They are the brightest,
:12:48. > :12:49.the toughest, I did two tours in Borneo
:12:50. > :13:02.and one tour in Brunei. All I've ever known
:13:03. > :13:05.is jungle warfare. I have served in Afghanistan
:13:06. > :13:10.for nearly two tours. which is "Kathar hunnu bhanda
:13:11. > :13:25.marnu ramro" - "It's better to die
:13:26. > :13:26.than to be a coward." Once you're in the field you forget
:13:27. > :13:31.about your family back in Nepal. You think about
:13:32. > :13:33.the person next to you and you think about your commander,
:13:34. > :13:37.you think for your mission. But when they're in battle,
:13:38. > :13:43.they are absolutely ferocious. I've been with them in battle,
:13:44. > :13:46.and it's phenomenal. So many thousands of thousands of
:13:47. > :13:52.our forefathers gave their lives. We have to prove that we
:13:53. > :14:04.are worthy of being a Gurkha. As Prince Harry said, when he served
:14:05. > :14:08.with Gurkhas in Afghanistan, there's no better place on earth,
:14:09. > :14:10.in combat, That's what being with Gurkhas
:14:11. > :14:28.is all about. THE BAND OF
:14:29. > :16:37.THE BRIGADE OF GURKHAS PLAYS This year's commemoration of
:16:38. > :18:21.Anzac Day, 100 years after the Gallipoli campaign, was
:18:22. > :18:24.marked in April with a dawn service The service was attended
:18:25. > :18:31.by some elderly veterans in familiar scarlet tunics whose family members
:18:32. > :18:36.had fought at Gallipoli. They'd come from the
:18:37. > :18:38.Royal Hospital Chelsea, which since 1692 has cared for former
:18:39. > :18:43.soldiers of the British Army. This Festival would not be
:18:44. > :18:47.the same without them. Please welcome
:18:48. > :19:18.the Chelsea Pensioners. Leading the way, the Sergeant Major,
:19:19. > :19:21.and behind him, two brothers, David Grant and Allan Rutland. They have
:19:22. > :19:30.been fundraising for the Royal Hospital. That included, at the age
:19:31. > :19:34.of 87, a bungee jump. The oldest of the group is 87, and he enlisted in
:19:35. > :19:46.1946. Also, Barbara Wilde, 71. She
:19:47. > :19:49.represents the nine female pensioners at the Royal Hospital.
:19:50. > :20:18.She was a nurse throughout her career.
:20:19. > :20:57.The Boys of the Old Brigade - a rousing rendition by the splendid
:20:58. > :20:59.musicians of the Guards Division, joined tonight by the Countess of
:21:00. > :21:02.Wessex's String Orchestra, musicians from the Royal Marines Band Service,
:21:03. > :21:06.and the Royal Air Force Salon Orchestra,
:21:07. > :21:08.under the leadership of the Senior Director of Music
:21:09. > :21:10.of the Household Division, Lt Col Kevin Roberts.
:21:11. > :21:24.The musical excellence continues at this year's Festival of Remembrance
:21:25. > :21:28.as we welcome one of the world's most successful recording artists,
:21:29. > :21:32.who enjoys exceptional popularity worldwide, and whose tenor voice
:21:33. > :21:39.is immediately recognisable. Please welcome Andrea Bocelli.
:21:40. > :26:26.Earlier this year, the 70th anniversaries of VE Day and VJ Day
:26:27. > :26:30.were marked with special events, and they provided an opportunity
:26:31. > :26:35.once again to consider the tragedies and triumphs of the conflict,
:26:36. > :26:40.including the inestimable triumph of the summer of 1940 when
:26:41. > :26:44.the Battle of Britain was fought in the skies over southern England.
:26:45. > :26:47.Hurricane pilot Tony Pickering was one of the Few
:26:48. > :26:59.who stood in the way of the German advance.
:27:00. > :27:02.It's always been very firm in my memory of coming through
:27:03. > :27:08.the East End of London, that suffered heavy from bombing,
:27:09. > :27:10.being embraced by these elderly ladies, with little babies
:27:11. > :27:13.in their arms, and being kissed by them, and saying,
:27:14. > :27:18."Keep them away, boys, keep them away, boys!"
:27:19. > :27:20.We never gave up control of the sky
:27:21. > :27:26.during the Battle of Britain. We never gave it up.
:27:27. > :27:31.The old Hun was coming over, and we'd got to stop him.
:27:32. > :27:36.and then come down and fire your guns at them.
:27:37. > :27:40.Head-on attacks. I didn't like that.
:27:41. > :27:45.We'd been attacking some German bombers and I think the gunners
:27:46. > :27:49.put a few rounds of ammunition in my aircraft, set me ablaze.
:27:50. > :27:53.So as soon as I saw flames, I was over the side.
:27:54. > :27:57.You've got a clip here, you've got your belt over you,
:27:58. > :27:59.you've got a clip, you pull the pin out,
:28:00. > :28:07.and you come out like a cork out of a bottle.
:28:08. > :28:10.Saw plenty of people shot down yeah. I saw people shot down.
:28:11. > :28:12.The Hun would come and pick somebody off
:28:13. > :28:17.flying within a few hundred yards of me, anyway.
:28:18. > :28:21.Going up in flames and things like that, you know.
:28:22. > :28:26.You couldn't get upset about it, else you wouldn't have flown again.
:28:27. > :28:28.Thank goodness I've got to the stage in life
:28:29. > :28:34.where I'm not dominated by events of the past.
:28:35. > :28:38.I don't like to think about the horrors of war,
:28:39. > :28:43.what I've seen in London during the bombing and things like that.
:28:44. > :28:46.I can't eliminate it, but at the same time,
:28:47. > :28:48.I think, well, that's all gone now.
:28:49. > :30:41.# There were angels dining at the Ritz
:30:42. > :30:52.# And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square
:30:53. > :31:10.# That when you turned and smiled at me
:31:11. > :31:30.# A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square
:31:31. > :31:46.# When we hear you bawling, "Show a leg!"
:31:47. > :31:50.# Don't forget to wake me in the morning
:31:51. > :31:54.# And bring me round a nice hot cup of tea
:31:55. > :32:59.# Sergeant-Major Be a mother to me. #
:33:00. > :33:18.Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, ladies and gentlemen,
:33:19. > :33:23.by two of 'The Few' Battle of Britain heroes -
:33:24. > :33:28.Squadron Leader Tony Pickering and Flying Officer Ken Wilkinson.
:33:29. > :33:49.In May 1945, the streets of Britain were filled with jubilant crowds
:33:50. > :33:53.as the Second World War drew to a close in Europe,
:33:54. > :33:59.But for those involved in the campaign thousands of miles
:34:00. > :34:03.in the Far East, there would be another three months of fighting
:34:04. > :34:08.and suffering as the "Forgotten Army" soldiered on.
:34:09. > :34:17.For prisoners of war, every day was a battle for survival.
:34:18. > :34:20.I was living here before I got rid of the nightmares,
:34:21. > :34:33.I arrived at Singapore on the 29th January, 1942, and taken prisoner on
:34:34. > :34:40.15th February, so you can see I was only there 17 days before the war
:34:41. > :34:51.The Japanese executed six people and stuck their heads on poles.
:34:52. > :34:55.That was the time I knew things were really tough.
:34:56. > :35:00.Unfortunately, I went down with maybe dysentery and I found that I
:35:01. > :35:09.And they said well, what you're lacking, Bob, is vitamin A.
:35:10. > :35:15.So, I traded these Singapore dollars for someone to go under the wire
:35:16. > :35:19.and get me a bottle of palm oil and, of course, I had a little of this
:35:20. > :35:29.If you ever gave up, you were dead in three days.
:35:30. > :35:34.I'm always grateful to this one Japanese because he took me down to
:35:35. > :35:40.the riverside and told me a barge would come along and pick me up.
:35:41. > :35:45.Sure enough, a barge did come along but I went down to the hospital.
:35:46. > :35:50.I then realised one night I was no longer in the hospital but I was
:35:51. > :35:55.in what was termed "the death hut" and you weren't
:35:56. > :36:03.Two pals came to see me this night, so I said to them would they go
:36:04. > :36:08.and make me a backrest because I intended to sit up all night.
:36:09. > :36:13.The next morning I still had my eyes open and the 20-odd
:36:14. > :36:21.I felt from then on if I lived, I was obliged to make certain that
:36:22. > :36:29.those I'd left behind were not forgotten.
:36:30. > :36:32.Tonight we remember the millions who fought,
:36:33. > :36:35.were imprisoned, were injured, and lost their lives
:36:36. > :36:44.in south-east Asia during the Second World War.
:36:45. > :36:54.We welcome six accepts. -- six representatives.
:36:55. > :36:55.Bob Hucklesby was one of the 190,000 British and
:36:56. > :36:57.Commonwealth troops to be captured who became prisoners of war.
:36:58. > :36:59.He suffered four years of disease, starvation and forced labour,
:37:00. > :37:01.and weighed seven stone on his return to Southampton in 1945.
:37:02. > :37:02.Maddie Bowler, a civilian internee from the age
:37:03. > :37:05.of seven, in Weihsien Camp - one of 130,000 Allied civilians who were
:37:06. > :37:10.Sir Peter Marshall, a navigator with 355 Squadron who took part
:37:11. > :37:12.in the search for prisoner-of-war camps
:37:13. > :37:14.throughout Thailand and south-east Asia,
:37:15. > :37:16.dropping vital supplies to prisoners awaiting rescue.
:37:17. > :37:18.Ron Peet, of the Royal Navy, who served for six months
:37:19. > :37:21.on landing craft, supporting the efforts of the 14th Army.
:37:22. > :37:25.Ron had landed on Gold Beach on D-Day just a year earlier.
:37:26. > :37:30.Vic Knibb, of the 4th Battalion The Royal West Kent Regiment,
:37:31. > :37:32.who as part of the 14th Army fought through Burma.
:37:33. > :37:34.And we remember the 71,000 British and Commonwealth personnel
:37:35. > :37:37.who became casualties of the Burma Campaign.
:37:38. > :37:41.Joseph Inima, from Kenya, one of the estimated 119,000 men
:37:42. > :37:46.from Britain's African colonies who fought alongside the British Army
:37:47. > :37:54.This is his first visit to London since he attended a Victory Parade
:37:55. > :37:56.in the presence of His Majesty King George VI in 1946.
:37:57. > :37:58.Let's acknowledge the exceptional contribution
:37:59. > :38:00.of all the men and women of the Far East campaign.
:38:01. > :38:46.Our next guest, another star singer, was born in London
:38:47. > :38:50.just a few months before the end of the war,
:38:51. > :38:54.when the capital was being targeted by German rocket attacks.
:38:55. > :38:56.Life in London in those days, he once said,
:38:57. > :39:04.His interest in the welfare of former servicemen and women
:39:05. > :39:11.he's helped a number of D-Day veterans to make the journey
:39:12. > :39:17.He's written a new song for this year's Festival,
:39:18. > :39:48.# I was just a little boy without a care
:39:49. > :39:55.# I remember looking up and seeing you there
:39:56. > :40:02.# I never wandered too far from your side
:40:03. > :40:09.# Cos all the love I needed was there in your eyes
:40:10. > :40:15.# We grew up in a war-torn city with a cast-iron wheel
:40:16. > :40:22.# Broken lives, darkened streets and twisted steel
:40:23. > :40:29.# But around our house the sky seemed so blue
:40:30. > :40:36.# And on a wing and a prayer we just muddled through
:40:37. > :40:43.# And we always kept the laughter and the smile upon our face
:40:44. > :40:50.# In that good old-fashioned British way with pride and faultless grace
:40:51. > :40:54.# I shall never forget those childhood days
:40:55. > :41:14.# Tell me what it was that made our family strong
:41:15. > :41:21.# As our defiant little island weathered the storm
:41:22. > :41:28.# There never seemed enough for my plate
:41:29. > :41:35.# You said be grateful Say grace, don't complain
:41:36. > :41:42.# How can I ever thank you for the lessons that I've learnt?
:41:43. > :41:49.# And the precious warmth and comfort that I felt at every turn
:41:50. > :41:52.# And for those who sacrificed their lives
:41:53. > :42:13.# I hear your stories of rage and burning skies
:42:14. > :42:19.# And a nation with its back against the wall
:42:20. > :42:39.# And we always kept the laughter and the smile upon our face
:42:40. > :42:46.# In that good old-fashioned British way with pride and faultless grace
:42:47. > :42:50.# I shall never forget those childhood days
:42:51. > :43:08.# And we always kept the laughter and the smile upon our face
:43:09. > :43:14.# In that good old-fashioned British way with pride and faultless grace
:43:15. > :43:22.# I shall never forget those childhood days
:43:23. > :43:32.CHURCHILL: We shall fight on the beaches.
:43:33. > :43:35.We shall fight on the landing grounds.
:43:36. > :43:38.We shall fight in the fields and in the streets.
:43:39. > :44:10.Ladies and gentlemen, our thanks to the wonderful Mr Rod Stewart.
:44:11. > :44:21.APPLAUSE A decade has passed since a
:44:22. > :44:26.Royal Air Force Hercules C3 - call sign Hilton 22 -
:44:27. > :44:30.was shot down by insurgents in Iraq There were ten people on board,
:44:31. > :44:35.but none survived. Some of the families affected
:44:36. > :44:38.found strength by forming a close bond - talking
:44:39. > :44:42.and listening and coming together. He was always cheerful,
:44:43. > :44:58.had a warm smile, handsome. We got married and we had the Guard
:44:59. > :45:05.of Honour. Dave was a great dad,
:45:06. > :45:15.he was hands on, loved his boys, To all his Air Force
:45:16. > :45:24.friends he was steady. He was very protective of me
:45:25. > :45:33.because I am quite a sensitive soul, On that Sunday, January 2005,
:45:34. > :45:42.Dad came into the kitchen and said, right, I don't want you to worry,
:45:43. > :45:46.but a Hercules has gone I think it was just
:45:47. > :45:57.after 6.00 the door bell went and I didn't put the light on,
:45:58. > :46:00.and I could see the silhouette I turned to go, actually,
:46:01. > :46:10.I didn't want to let them in. The hardest thing for me was having
:46:11. > :46:14.to tell my three boys that Bobbi came running in,
:46:15. > :46:26.and she had a few little tears and she said mummy, shall we pretend
:46:27. > :46:32.daddy's away for a long, long time? I think both of us agreed we
:46:33. > :46:44.would do that for a while. I remember putting
:46:45. > :46:47.the children to bed that night and looking at them both and thinking,
:46:48. > :46:53.you can't not have a daddy. I have many friends,
:46:54. > :47:01.I have a lovely, lovely family, but you actually still can feel
:47:02. > :47:05.very lonely because the one person Whereas Kathryn and Michelle
:47:06. > :47:15.knew exactly how that is. We are so lucky to have each other,
:47:16. > :47:18.very lucky to have each other. Some people have to go
:47:19. > :47:22.through this on their own. We don't have to talk
:47:23. > :47:25.at all sometimes. I know exactly how Kathryn's
:47:26. > :47:33.They knew their dads were killed together and that was all they
:47:34. > :47:41.There is a huge bond there, it's lovely to see.
:47:42. > :47:44.I can't express very well how close they all are, and how much
:47:45. > :47:49.I'm quite proud of where we are today.
:47:50. > :48:30.Leading the family czar Sheila Gibson, Kathryn Williams and her
:48:31. > :48:40.son, Jack, Michelle Stead, and Pat Morris, whose husband served in
:48:41. > :48:48.Korea. Roger and Maureen Bacon I hear, whose son was killed in Iraq a
:48:49. > :48:50.decade ago. And Maureen Lockett, whose son was awarded the military
:48:51. > :49:08.Cross in Afghanistan. Gillian Molineux, whose husband was
:49:09. > :49:13.killed on HMS Astute in 2011, as he tried to prevent a grim -- gun
:49:14. > :50:17.attack. We deployed at the end of April,
:50:18. > :50:20.for what was going to be a seven-week deployment, encompassing
:50:21. > :50:24.the Gallipoli 100 commemorations. Whilst we were there,
:50:25. > :50:26.the Prime Minister decided he was going to send us and three Merlin
:50:27. > :50:29.helicopters to deal with what was then the emerging migrant crisis
:50:30. > :50:33.in the southern Mediterranean. It was to conduct search
:50:34. > :50:36.and rescue tasking. We also had to be augmented
:50:37. > :50:40.by doctors and Royal Marines, because we knew there was going to
:50:41. > :50:46.be a significant medical challenge. Every time we found any vessels
:50:47. > :50:48.in distress, we would send the boats out to them
:50:49. > :50:52.and each boat had a medic on board. We soon came across three
:50:53. > :50:54.vessels full of migrants. They were aiming for Sicily, Italy,
:50:55. > :51:03.Greece. To do that in that sort of boat,
:51:04. > :51:06.it's insane. I mean, it would have to be
:51:07. > :51:10.my last available option to get You'd be met by a boat crammed
:51:11. > :51:16.full of people, asking for food, If you're on this tiny little boat,
:51:17. > :51:23.surrounded by water, and you don't know how to swim -
:51:24. > :51:26.yeah, you could tell they were And then you can smell them
:51:27. > :51:30.and see the state they're in, their clothes, their skin,
:51:31. > :51:33.they were in a desperate situation. Our vessel had a lady with a child
:51:34. > :51:36.that must have been about eight or As soon as she saw
:51:37. > :51:41.the marine trying to do the ropes, she passed him the baby, who then
:51:42. > :51:48.obviously passed the baby to me. She must have only been about 23
:51:49. > :51:51.and she was trying to pass She must have been pretty desperate,
:51:52. > :52:03.if you think you're going to die and In just over six weeks we rescued
:52:04. > :52:08.4747 people who otherwise might The mood was fabulous,
:52:09. > :52:13.because everyone felt as if they were doing something that
:52:14. > :52:17.was positive and that was right. You know,
:52:18. > :52:23.these were desperate people. You're obviously helping
:52:24. > :52:25.and making a difference, I was extraordinarily proud about
:52:26. > :52:30.what we did and the fact we had such We were tasked to help and I'm
:52:31. > :52:35.delighted we were able to do Within the past year, the British
:52:36. > :58:20.Legion has spent over ?85 million on its wide-ranging
:58:21. > :58:24.charitable activities. The latest research suggests that
:58:25. > :58:27.one-third of the people born in the UK this year will go on
:58:28. > :58:30.to develop a form of dementia. It is one of the greatest health
:58:31. > :58:33.challenges we face, which is why the Legion is
:58:34. > :58:41.providing its own assistance. Mum as well, she was in the
:58:42. > :58:47.Army too. So that's
:58:48. > :58:50.the way we've been brought up. My parents have got
:58:51. > :58:53.an incredible relationship. They wouldn't be together 60-odd
:58:54. > :58:58.years if they didn't have that. My mum was forgetting things,
:58:59. > :59:03.which you put down to your age. And then losing things,
:59:04. > :59:08.and we saw Mum changing. Little things creeping
:59:09. > :59:11.in that started to concern us. And she just started to become
:59:12. > :59:15.not quite our mum any more. I persuaded her to go to
:59:16. > :59:19.the doctors. And we got the diagnosis,
:59:20. > :59:28.vascular dementia. Mum would be scared, crying,
:59:29. > :59:30.anxious, hallucinating. She'd become this
:59:31. > :59:39.frightened little bird. Dad was finding it really hard
:59:40. > :59:44.to cope with the personality We tried to get some assistance to
:59:45. > :59:51.come in and help Mum around But Dad, "No, I can cope,
:59:52. > :59:58.I can manage." My dad wasn't coping,
:59:59. > :00:02.he was hiding it. Something clicked in my head that
:00:03. > :00:05.if help came from something that was military
:00:06. > :00:11.related, they might accept it. I went on the Legion website
:00:12. > :00:14.and came up with the miracle that Admiral Nurses appointed Paula
:00:15. > :00:23.and she came to visit us. And she was like a breath of fresh
:00:24. > :00:26.air coming through that door. Mum's dementia was tearing
:00:27. > :00:32.the family apart We can't thank the British Legion,
:00:33. > :00:43.Admiral Nurses and all the support we've had,
:00:44. > :00:45.we can't thank them enough. Mum and Dad wouldn't be together
:00:46. > :00:49.in their home now without them. # 'Twas grace that taught
:00:50. > :02:13.my heart to fear # Through many dangers, toils
:02:14. > :03:07.and snares # 'Tis grace has brought me safe
:03:08. > :03:31.thus far # We've no less days
:03:32. > :04:29.to sing God's praise # We've no less days
:04:30. > :05:09.to sing God's praise as we prepare for this year's
:05:10. > :05:45.Service of Remembrance, paying tribute to all the men and
:05:46. > :06:15.women of the armed services, The men and women from all trades
:06:16. > :06:20.within the Royal Navy, representing ships and submarines, Naval Air
:06:21. > :06:25.Squadrons and shore establishments from around the UK, led by
:06:26. > :06:43.Lieutenant Commander Gary Mills and Lieutenant Commander Paul Morris.
:06:44. > :06:52.Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service. The men and women
:06:53. > :06:56.from across the naval service providing life-saving care on the
:06:57. > :07:06.front-line and rehabilitation for those who have been injured.
:07:07. > :07:30.A change of music telling us that the Royal Marines are on the way...
:07:31. > :07:40.The Royal Naval Reserve led by Lieutenant Commander Catherine
:07:41. > :07:45.Jakes, the Royal Marines Reserves, a part-time force of civilian
:07:46. > :07:50.volunteers. We have the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, led by Christine Allen,
:07:51. > :08:01.the first females systems engineer to join the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
:08:02. > :08:13.The Army. DRUM ROLL
:08:14. > :08:30.A rousing regimental march telling us it is No 7 Company Coldstream
:08:31. > :08:36.Guards, the Coldstream Guards celebrating the 200th anniversary of
:08:37. > :08:42.the Battle of Waterloo. No 7 Company will be Trooping the Colour at the
:08:43. > :08:56.Queen's Birthday Parade next year. The 1st Battalion Royal Anglian. Two
:08:57. > :09:00.of the Queen's Gurkha Orderly Officers. Queen Alexandra's Royal
:09:01. > :09:06.Army Nursing Corps, a reminder that this is the centenary of the death
:09:07. > :09:15.of the English nurse who was executed by the Germans in 1915. We
:09:16. > :09:19.have the Army Reserve, including 151 Regiment Royal Logistical Corps, 103
:09:20. > :09:21.Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 3 Military
:09:22. > :09:23.Intelligence Battalion and 256 (City of London) Field Hospital Royal Army
:09:24. > :09:44.Medical Corps. The Royal Air Force.
:09:45. > :10:00.DRUM ROLL Some 40 servicemen and women
:10:01. > :10:10.representing the aircrew and ground staff of RAF bases across the
:10:11. > :10:15.country. The RAF with around 34,000 trained regular personnel and around
:10:16. > :10:23.2,500 reserves in more than 50 professional roles. The Queen's
:10:24. > :10:30.Colour Squadron, the custodians of the Queen's Colour for the Royal Air
:10:31. > :10:34.Force. Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service, established
:10:35. > :10:35.in 1918. Today, they continue to care for defence personnel and their
:10:36. > :10:57.families. We will also be joined by the Royal
:10:58. > :11:05.Air Force Police. The RAF Police, the world's oldest police service,
:11:06. > :11:12.formed as part of the RAF in 1913. We have the Royal Auxiliary Air
:11:13. > :11:22.Force, the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve force. The Queen presented
:11:23. > :11:29.with the Colour at RAF Marham in 2010. The Royal Air Force Volunteer
:11:30. > :11:35.Reserve. We have the University Air Squadrons represented, 15 of them in
:11:36. > :11:44.all. First unit formed at Oxford and Cambridge in 1925.
:11:45. > :11:57.The Merchant Navy. DRUM ROLL
:11:58. > :12:02.The Merchant Navy's immense contribution has been noted again
:12:03. > :12:10.this year. We have a group of serving officers and cadets joining
:12:11. > :12:11.us tonight. The cadets include Doug Willats, Hannah Rosson and Jay
:12:12. > :12:29.Robbins. The Royal British Legion and
:12:30. > :12:43.Civilian Services. Rightly acknowledging the role of
:12:44. > :12:47.the Poppy Appeal Collectors, playing their part in aiming for this year's
:12:48. > :12:56.record fund-raising target of ?41 million. We also have the Welfare
:12:57. > :13:01.Section, the Industry Section and the Poppy Factories section. The
:13:02. > :13:05.Civilian Services also represented, St John Ambulance, St Andrew's First
:13:06. > :13:08.Aid, the British Red Cross, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, the
:13:09. > :13:20.lifeboat institution and the Salvation Army, they are all here.
:13:21. > :13:22.I went to Sierra Leone because I saw that the military
:13:23. > :13:27.needed intensive care nurses out there, so I volunteered to go.
:13:28. > :13:29.One of the real difficulties working in Sierra Leone was working
:13:30. > :13:33.in the HAZMAT suits, which, in the temperature that we were in, meant
:13:34. > :13:37.that you would sweat about a litre an hour, so you could only ever stay
:13:38. > :13:41.in for a short period of time or you'd become very dehydrated
:13:42. > :13:47.I normally work in intensive care so I'm used to seeing patients very
:13:48. > :13:50.sick, but I have never seen patients die so fast when they are so young,
:13:51. > :13:53.and they were so fit and healthy before.
:13:54. > :13:55.It felt like everyone was going to die. It
:13:56. > :14:01.felt like, how can we really control this disease that is so deadly?
:14:02. > :14:04.Coming to terms with the realisation that I might be
:14:05. > :14:11.The initial symptoms were just tiredness, but, as the tiredness got
:14:12. > :14:14.more and more profound, I started to realise that what I had
:14:15. > :14:20.By the time they came to tell me I had Ebola,
:14:21. > :14:28.I had just started to pee black and I was bleeding into my skin,
:14:29. > :14:32.and I said to him, I don't think I'm going to be flown home, I think
:14:33. > :14:37.I'm already in organ failure, and I think I'm going to die here.
:14:38. > :14:41.But we chatted for about two hours and, ultimately,
:14:42. > :14:46.And from then on in, I felt quite peaceful.
:14:47. > :14:50.I fell asleep for about half an hour and my best friend woke me
:14:51. > :14:55.up and she said, there's a plane here and you're going to get on it.
:14:56. > :14:58.Getting to the Royal Free was amazing.
:14:59. > :15:01.An NHS hospital that had all of the resources you could possibly
:15:02. > :15:05.need definitely gave you the sense that I might survive and
:15:06. > :15:10.even if I don't, that they will make sure that I get to see my family.
:15:11. > :15:14.I have always loved working in a humanitarian role,
:15:15. > :15:17.and having gone out on Gritrock, I realised what an amazing
:15:18. > :15:30.So I decided I want more, so I'm going to join the regulars.
:15:31. > :15:45.V Festival organist once again is Peter Crompton, or Organist
:15:46. > :15:48.Emeritus. # There is no shadow
:15:49. > :15:56.of turning with thee # As thou hast been thou
:15:57. > :16:11.for ever wilt be # Morning by morning
:16:12. > :16:28.New mercies I see # All I have needed
:16:29. > :16:33.Thy hand hath provided # Great is thy faithfulness
:16:34. > :16:43.Lord, unto me! # Sun, moon and stars
:16:44. > :16:59.in their courses above # Join with all nature
:17:00. > :17:07.in manifold witness # To thy great faithfulness, mercy
:17:08. > :17:15.and love # Morning by morning
:17:16. > :17:31.New mercies I see # All I have needed
:17:32. > :17:38.Thy hand hath provided, # Great is thy faithfulness
:17:39. > :17:48.Lord, unto me! # Pardon for sin
:17:49. > :17:56.and a peace that endureth # Thine own dear presence
:17:57. > :18:04.to cheer and to guide # Strength for today
:18:05. > :18:13.and bright hope for tomorrow # Blessings all mine
:18:14. > :18:21.with ten thousand beside! # Morning by morning
:18:22. > :18:37.New mercies I see # All I have needed
:18:38. > :18:45.Thy hand hath provided # Great is thy faithfulness
:18:46. > :19:01.Lord, unto me! # National Chaplain
:19:02. > :19:05.to the Royal British Legion. to remember with thanksgiving and
:19:06. > :19:11.sorrow those whose lives, in world wars and conflicts
:19:12. > :19:15.past and present, have been given and taken away in
:19:16. > :19:21.the cause of justice and freedom, to pray for all who in bereavement,
:19:22. > :19:28.disability and pain continue to suffer the consequences
:19:29. > :19:34.of fighting and terror, in its ministry of care and support
:19:35. > :19:42.for them, and to commit ourselves,
:19:43. > :19:45.young and old, for reconciliation between the
:19:46. > :19:54.nations of our troubled world, that, under God, people of every
:19:55. > :20:03.race and creed may be at peace. These thoughts and prayers we offer
:20:04. > :20:09.in the words that Jesus taught. Thy will be done,
:20:10. > :20:20.on earth as it is in Heaven. as we forgive those
:20:21. > :20:30.who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,
:20:31. > :20:35.but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom,
:20:36. > :20:40.the power and the glory, for ever and ever.
:20:41. > :20:58.Amen. Jesus said,
:20:59. > :21:01.this is my commandment - love one another,
:21:02. > :21:04.as I have loved you. that a man should lay down his life
:21:05. > :21:11.for his friends. You are my friends,
:21:12. > :21:14.if you do what I command you. a servant does not know
:21:15. > :21:22.what his master is about. because I have disclosed everything
:21:23. > :21:31.that I heard from my Father. I appointed you to go on and bear
:21:32. > :21:41.fruit, fruit that shall last, so that the Father may give you
:21:42. > :21:48.all that you ask in my name. This is my commandment to you:
:21:49. > :22:01.love one another. We give thanks for
:22:02. > :22:18.Her Majesty the Queen, Patron of The Royal British Legion,
:22:19. > :22:22.for Her unstinting devotion to duty and her unswerving commitment
:22:23. > :22:27.to the service of all Her peoples. Grant that She may be
:22:28. > :22:29.so strengthened by God's grace that, following in the way of
:22:30. > :22:39.Christ with her whole heart, and protecting the freedom
:22:40. > :22:42.of other faiths, she may at the last
:22:43. > :22:47.come into His eternal kingdom. the responsibilities of government
:22:48. > :23:05.are laid, and for all who, through positions
:23:06. > :23:09.of influence and authority, serve the well-being of this nation,
:23:10. > :23:16.the Commonwealth and the world. Especially we commend to God
:23:17. > :23:20.the men and women of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force;
:23:21. > :23:26.and all who support them in their mission at sea, on land
:23:27. > :23:33.and in the air. # O Lord, hear my prayer
:23:34. > :23:40.Hear my We remember in particular Her
:23:41. > :23:52.Majesty's Forces now on duty abroad in the fight against evil
:23:53. > :23:56.and oppression. and, facing whatever lies before
:23:57. > :24:04.them with discipline and loyalty, truly serve the cause of freedom
:24:05. > :24:17.and peace. # Lord, hear my prayer
:24:18. > :24:42.and bring us Your peace Our second hymn is based on psalm
:24:43. > :24:57.103. # Praise, my soul,
:24:58. > :24:59.the King of heaven # Ransomed, healed,
:25:00. > :25:05.restored, forgiven # Who like me
:25:06. > :25:10.his praise should sing? Teach us good Lord to serve Thee
:25:11. > :26:08.as Thou deservest; to labour and not to
:26:09. > :26:21.ask for any reward, save that of
:26:22. > :26:25.knowing we do Thy will, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
:26:26. > :26:32.Amen. They shall grow not old,
:26:33. > :26:37.as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them,
:26:38. > :26:44.nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun
:26:45. > :26:47.and in the morning When you go home,
:26:48. > :31:35.tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow
:31:36. > :31:50.we gave our today. We look to the future with young
:31:51. > :31:55.British people, representing those who, from Commonwealth countries,
:31:56. > :32:05.paid the supreme sacrifice. Committed to stand together
:32:06. > :32:10.against evil, and work for peace
:32:11. > :32:15.and reconciliation, they reflect their different faiths
:32:16. > :32:25.that now enrich our society. for that day when nation shall not
:32:26. > :32:31.lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war
:32:32. > :32:34.any more. To ask God to grant,
:32:35. > :32:37.and revive us with, a salutation of peace, and lead us
:32:38. > :32:44.into the abode of peace. To follow God's path
:32:45. > :32:48.from darkness to light where His peace
:32:49. > :32:52.bestows peace on all. To know that God judges us by our
:32:53. > :32:56.deeds and not the coat we wear, and that love gives the victory
:32:57. > :33:00.that endures. To enable the frightened to be
:33:01. > :33:04.unafraid, the bound to be free, and people the world over
:33:05. > :33:07.to befriend one another. To offer ourselves to be instruments
:33:08. > :33:11.of the Lord's peace, that where there is hatred
:33:12. > :33:15.we may sow love. ALL: Let there be peace on earth,
:33:16. > :33:24.and let it begin with us. Take this Torch of Remembrance as
:33:25. > :33:30.a symbol of hope and reconcilation that we may go forward together in
:33:31. > :33:36.harmony, in memory of the fallen # Whose arm hath bound
:33:37. > :34:03.the restless wave # The darkness falls
:34:04. > :34:57.o'er land and sea # We raise to Thee this night
:34:58. > :35:09.and for evermore # We think of loved ones
:35:10. > :35:13.near and far # And those who
:35:14. > :35:21.fought the fight before # Our brethren shield
:35:22. > :35:51.in danger's hour # From rock and tempest
:35:52. > :35:57.Fire and foe # Glad hymns of praise
:35:58. > :36:24.from land and sea. # to the Church, the Queen,
:36:25. > :36:34.the Commonwealth and all people, and to us and all his servants
:36:35. > :36:41.life everlasting, the Father, the Son
:36:42. > :36:48.and the Holy Spirit, be with you
:36:49. > :36:52.and remain with you always. The Parade will remove head-dress.
:36:53. > :37:46.Remove... Three cheers for
:37:47. > :37:54.Her Majesty the Queen. Parade will replace head-dress.
:37:55. > :38:07.Replace... Garrison Sergeant Major
:38:08. > :38:19.Andrew Stokes - it's his first time in charge of
:38:20. > :38:21.the military arrangements And that concludes the
:38:22. > :38:31.Festival of Remembrance of 2015, but the events of this Remembrance
:38:32. > :38:40.weekend will culminate tomorrow, when the Queen and members
:38:41. > :38:42.of the royal family will gather in Whitehall,
:38:43. > :38:43.at the Cenotaph. Our coverage begins at 10.25
:38:44. > :38:45.on BBC One. But for now, from all of the
:38:46. > :38:48.BBC team at the Albert Hall, thank you for watching,
:38:49. > :38:54.and good night.