2015 Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance

On this Remembrance weekend, we call to mind the end of the

Second World War, 70 years ago, and the sacrifice of those fighting in

And as those global conflicts become ever more distant, it is even more

important for us all to pause and to reflect on the immense price paid

We look back on the 70th anniversary of the Second World War, while

remembering a century ago the Gallipoli campaign was nearing its

conclusion. That makes it all the more important for us to unite in

solemn remembrance. Many who serve and have served live with the

devastating consequences of conflict in many forms. It was also 100 years

ago that Blind Veterans UK, formerly known as St Dunstan's was founded.

So let's listen to one man's story. I felt that I had no real path

to go down. I'd come from children's homes

and foster homes. I ended up in Camberwell Court

on more than one occasion and the magistrate

just gave me an opportunity, he said, why not go and

do something with your life And then before I knew it,

I'm in Afghanistan, When I first got to Afghanistan,

you get off the Hercules, Cos you're safe,

you're in Camp Bastion. And then the next morning,

when the sun comes up, you see the chaps who have been out

there a lot longer than you and they've got a bleak face, and

you know that they've seen hell. For me, being a foster child,

I was always very, very conscious that if anything should happen,

I wanted it to be me. These chaps, they had wives,

they had children. On the 20th August, 2009,

when I was hurt, and two men killed,

I remember the contact happening and then it just

seems to go into a blur, so I've lost a couple of

months of my life just being asleep, if you like,

in the coma. but it took me ages to have the

confidence, even in private, I am now no longer a soldier and

I am now this wounded personnel that's got a whole life

that wasn't planned out. But somehow I overturned it,

and I knew that... and that day just had my name on it,

and I'm lucky to tell my tale. The George Medal was given to me

for bravery and courage, but for me it actually

represents the two men that fell that day

in aid of their country. Sergeant Paul McAleese

and Private Jonathan Young. Since I've overcome my injuries

and learned to accept my injuries, mentally rather than physically,

I'm a much better man for it. I totally embrace life now,

and the last three years Your Majesty, Your Royal

Highnesses, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Rifleman Paul Jacobs

accompanied by his former Commanding Officer Brigadier

Robert Thomson. At this Festival we raise the Torch

of Remembrance for our brothers and sisters, who, mortally wounded,

laid aside their dying flame to It is a time to remember, and

a time to mourn, as we stand here in recognition of their sacrifice

and in support of today's veterans For many,

their lives forever changed. We stand in respect as a nation

united in Remembrance for those who have served our great country and

for our brothers and sisters who So shall the flaming Torch

in Remembrance rise even higher, igniting a beacon

never to be extinguished. Rifleman Paul Jacobs delivering

this year's Festival Citation - This year brings a notable milestone

for the Brigade of Gurkhas - they are celebrating two centuries

of service to the Crown. marked by selfless loyalty

and courage. They sustain that tradition

with great pride. The place from where I come,

if you talk about the word Gurkhas you get that respect,

you get that status. As youngsters up in the hills,

they hear about the Gurkhas from their fathers,

from their grandfathers, and they want to be

a part of it. Being Gurkha is

everything for me. I'm fourth generation, and if my son

is joining the Gurkhas, My father before me, me

following him, and then my son, and between us, we've done 66 years

service with Gurkhas. To get that name, Gurkha, that was

the proudest moment of my life. 15,000 apply for

230 places every year. Those 230 are

absolutely the cream of Nepal. They are the brightest,

the toughest, I did two tours in Borneo

and one tour in Brunei. All I've ever known

is jungle warfare. I have served in Afghanistan

for nearly two tours. which is "Kathar hunnu bhanda

marnu ramro" - "It's better to die

than to be a coward." Once you're in the field you forget

about your family back in Nepal. You think about

the person next to you and you think about your commander,

you think for your mission. But when they're in battle,

they are absolutely ferocious. I've been with them in battle,

and it's phenomenal. So many thousands of thousands of

our forefathers gave their lives. We have to prove that we

are worthy of being a Gurkha. As Prince Harry said, when he served

with Gurkhas in Afghanistan, there's no better place on earth,

in combat, That's what being with Gurkhas

is all about. THE BAND OF

THE BRIGADE OF GURKHAS PLAYS This year's commemoration of

Anzac Day, 100 years after the Gallipoli campaign, was

marked in April with a dawn service The service was attended

by some elderly veterans in familiar scarlet tunics whose family members

had fought at Gallipoli. They'd come from the

Royal Hospital Chelsea, which since 1692 has cared for former

soldiers of the British Army. This Festival would not be

the same without them. Please welcome

the Chelsea Pensioners. Leading the way, the Sergeant Major,

and behind him, two brothers, David Grant and Allan Rutland. They have

been fundraising for the Royal Hospital. That included, at the age

of 87, a bungee jump. The oldest of the group is 87, and he enlisted in

1946. Also, Barbara Wilde, 71. She

represents the nine female pensioners at the Royal Hospital.

She was a nurse throughout her career.

The Boys of the Old Brigade - a rousing rendition by the splendid

musicians of the Guards Division, joined tonight by the Countess of

Wessex's String Orchestra, musicians from the Royal Marines Band Service,

and the Royal Air Force Salon Orchestra,

under the leadership of the Senior Director of Music

of the Household Division, Lt Col Kevin Roberts.

The musical excellence continues at this year's Festival of Remembrance

as we welcome one of the world's most successful recording artists,

who enjoys exceptional popularity worldwide, and whose tenor voice

is immediately recognisable. Please welcome Andrea Bocelli.

Earlier this year, the 70th anniversaries of VE Day and VJ Day

were marked with special events, and they provided an opportunity

once again to consider the tragedies and triumphs of the conflict,

including the inestimable triumph of the summer of 1940 when

the Battle of Britain was fought in the skies over southern England.

Hurricane pilot Tony Pickering was one of the Few

who stood in the way of the German advance.

It's always been very firm in my memory of coming through

the East End of London, that suffered heavy from bombing,

being embraced by these elderly ladies, with little babies

in their arms, and being kissed by them, and saying,

"Keep them away, boys, keep them away, boys!"

We never gave up control of the sky

during the Battle of Britain. We never gave it up.

The old Hun was coming over, and we'd got to stop him.

and then come down and fire your guns at them.

Head-on attacks. I didn't like that.

We'd been attacking some German bombers and I think the gunners

put a few rounds of ammunition in my aircraft, set me ablaze.

So as soon as I saw flames, I was over the side.

You've got a clip here, you've got your belt over you,

you've got a clip, you pull the pin out,

and you come out like a cork out of a bottle.

Saw plenty of people shot down yeah. I saw people shot down.

The Hun would come and pick somebody off

flying within a few hundred yards of me, anyway.

Going up in flames and things like that, you know.

You couldn't get upset about it, else you wouldn't have flown again.

Thank goodness I've got to the stage in life

where I'm not dominated by events of the past.

I don't like to think about the horrors of war,

what I've seen in London during the bombing and things like that.

I can't eliminate it, but at the same time,

I think, well, that's all gone now.

# There were angels dining at the Ritz

# And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

# That when you turned and smiled at me

# A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

# When we hear you bawling, "Show a leg!"

# Don't forget to wake me in the morning

# And bring me round a nice hot cup of tea

# Sergeant-Major Be a mother to me. #

Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, ladies and gentlemen,

by two of 'The Few' Battle of Britain heroes -

Squadron Leader Tony Pickering and Flying Officer Ken Wilkinson.

In May 1945, the streets of Britain were filled with jubilant crowds

as the Second World War drew to a close in Europe,

But for those involved in the campaign thousands of miles

in the Far East, there would be another three months of fighting

and suffering as the "Forgotten Army" soldiered on.

For prisoners of war, every day was a battle for survival.

I was living here before I got rid of the nightmares,

I arrived at Singapore on the 29th January, 1942, and taken prisoner on

15th February, so you can see I was only there 17 days before the war

The Japanese executed six people and stuck their heads on poles.

That was the time I knew things were really tough.

Unfortunately, I went down with maybe dysentery and I found that I

And they said well, what you're lacking, Bob, is vitamin A.

So, I traded these Singapore dollars for someone to go under the wire

and get me a bottle of palm oil and, of course, I had a little of this

If you ever gave up, you were dead in three days.

I'm always grateful to this one Japanese because he took me down to

the riverside and told me a barge would come along and pick me up.

Sure enough, a barge did come along but I went down to the hospital.

I then realised one night I was no longer in the hospital but I was

in what was termed "the death hut" and you weren't

Two pals came to see me this night, so I said to them would they go

and make me a backrest because I intended to sit up all night.

The next morning I still had my eyes open and the 20-odd

I felt from then on if I lived, I was obliged to make certain that

those I'd left behind were not forgotten.

Tonight we remember the millions who fought,

were imprisoned, were injured, and lost their lives

in south-east Asia during the Second World War.

We welcome six accepts. -- six representatives.

Bob Hucklesby was one of the 190,000 British and

Commonwealth troops to be captured who became prisoners of war.

He suffered four years of disease, starvation and forced labour,

and weighed seven stone on his return to Southampton in 1945.

Maddie Bowler, a civilian internee from the age

of seven, in Weihsien Camp - one of 130,000 Allied civilians who were

Sir Peter Marshall, a navigator with 355 Squadron who took part

in the search for prisoner-of-war camps

throughout Thailand and south-east Asia,

dropping vital supplies to prisoners awaiting rescue.

Ron Peet, of the Royal Navy, who served for six months

on landing craft, supporting the efforts of the 14th Army.

Ron had landed on Gold Beach on D-Day just a year earlier.

Vic Knibb, of the 4th Battalion The Royal West Kent Regiment,

who as part of the 14th Army fought through Burma.

And we remember the 71,000 British and Commonwealth personnel

who became casualties of the Burma Campaign.

Joseph Inima, from Kenya, one of the estimated 119,000 men

from Britain's African colonies who fought alongside the British Army

This is his first visit to London since he attended a Victory Parade

in the presence of His Majesty King George VI in 1946.

Let's acknowledge the exceptional contribution

of all the men and women of the Far East campaign.

Our next guest, another star singer, was born in London

just a few months before the end of the war,

when the capital was being targeted by German rocket attacks.

Life in London in those days, he once said,

His interest in the welfare of former servicemen and women

he's helped a number of D-Day veterans to make the journey

He's written a new song for this year's Festival,

# I was just a little boy without a care

# I remember looking up and seeing you there

# I never wandered too far from your side

# Cos all the love I needed was there in your eyes

# We grew up in a war-torn city with a cast-iron wheel

# Broken lives, darkened streets and twisted steel

# But around our house the sky seemed so blue

# And on a wing and a prayer we just muddled through

# And we always kept the laughter and the smile upon our face

# In that good old-fashioned British way with pride and faultless grace

# I shall never forget those childhood days

# Tell me what it was that made our family strong

# As our defiant little island weathered the storm

# There never seemed enough for my plate

# You said be grateful Say grace, don't complain

# How can I ever thank you for the lessons that I've learnt?

# And the precious warmth and comfort that I felt at every turn

# And for those who sacrificed their lives

# I hear your stories of rage and burning skies

# And a nation with its back against the wall

# And we always kept the laughter and the smile upon our face

# In that good old-fashioned British way with pride and faultless grace

# I shall never forget those childhood days

# And we always kept the laughter and the smile upon our face

# In that good old-fashioned British way with pride and faultless grace

# I shall never forget those childhood days

CHURCHILL: We shall fight on the beaches.

We shall fight on the landing grounds.

We shall fight in the fields and in the streets.

Ladies and gentlemen, our thanks to the wonderful Mr Rod Stewart.

APPLAUSE A decade has passed since a

Royal Air Force Hercules C3 - call sign Hilton 22 -

was shot down by insurgents in Iraq There were ten people on board,

but none survived. Some of the families affected

found strength by forming a close bond - talking

and listening and coming together. He was always cheerful,

had a warm smile, handsome. We got married and we had the Guard

of Honour. Dave was a great dad,

he was hands on, loved his boys, To all his Air Force

friends he was steady. He was very protective of me

because I am quite a sensitive soul, On that Sunday, January 2005,

Dad came into the kitchen and said, right, I don't want you to worry,

but a Hercules has gone I think it was just

after 6.00 the door bell went and I didn't put the light on,

and I could see the silhouette I turned to go, actually,

I didn't want to let them in. The hardest thing for me was having

to tell my three boys that Bobbi came running in,

and she had a few little tears and she said mummy, shall we pretend

daddy's away for a long, long time? I think both of us agreed we

would do that for a while. I remember putting

the children to bed that night and looking at them both and thinking,

you can't not have a daddy. I have many friends,

I have a lovely, lovely family, but you actually still can feel

very lonely because the one person Whereas Kathryn and Michelle

knew exactly how that is. We are so lucky to have each other,

very lucky to have each other. Some people have to go

through this on their own. We don't have to talk

at all sometimes. I know exactly how Kathryn's

They knew their dads were killed together and that was all they

There is a huge bond there, it's lovely to see.

I can't express very well how close they all are, and how much

I'm quite proud of where we are today.

Leading the family czar Sheila Gibson, Kathryn Williams and her

son, Jack, Michelle Stead, and Pat Morris, whose husband served in

Korea. Roger and Maureen Bacon I hear, whose son was killed in Iraq a

decade ago. And Maureen Lockett, whose son was awarded the military

Cross in Afghanistan. Gillian Molineux, whose husband was

killed on HMS Astute in 2011, as he tried to prevent a grim -- gun

attack. We deployed at the end of April,

for what was going to be a seven-week deployment, encompassing

the Gallipoli 100 commemorations. Whilst we were there,

the Prime Minister decided he was going to send us and three Merlin

helicopters to deal with what was then the emerging migrant crisis

in the southern Mediterranean. It was to conduct search

and rescue tasking. We also had to be augmented

by doctors and Royal Marines, because we knew there was going to

be a significant medical challenge. Every time we found any vessels

in distress, we would send the boats out to them

and each boat had a medic on board. We soon came across three

vessels full of migrants. They were aiming for Sicily, Italy,

Greece. To do that in that sort of boat,

it's insane. I mean, it would have to be

my last available option to get You'd be met by a boat crammed

full of people, asking for food, If you're on this tiny little boat,

surrounded by water, and you don't know how to swim -

yeah, you could tell they were And then you can smell them

and see the state they're in, their clothes, their skin,

they were in a desperate situation. Our vessel had a lady with a child

that must have been about eight or As soon as she saw

the marine trying to do the ropes, she passed him the baby, who then

obviously passed the baby to me. She must have only been about 23

and she was trying to pass She must have been pretty desperate,

if you think you're going to die and In just over six weeks we rescued

4747 people who otherwise might The mood was fabulous,

because everyone felt as if they were doing something that

was positive and that was right. You know,

these were desperate people. You're obviously helping

and making a difference, I was extraordinarily proud about

what we did and the fact we had such We were tasked to help and I'm

delighted we were able to do Within the past year, the British

Legion has spent over ?85 million on its wide-ranging

charitable activities. The latest research suggests that

one-third of the people born in the UK this year will go on

to develop a form of dementia. It is one of the greatest health

challenges we face, which is why the Legion is

providing its own assistance. Mum as well, she was in the

Army too. So that's

the way we've been brought up. My parents have got

an incredible relationship. They wouldn't be together 60-odd

years if they didn't have that. My mum was forgetting things,

which you put down to your age. And then losing things,

and we saw Mum changing. Little things creeping

in that started to concern us. And she just started to become

not quite our mum any more. I persuaded her to go to

the doctors. And we got the diagnosis,

vascular dementia. Mum would be scared, crying,

anxious, hallucinating. She'd become this

frightened little bird. Dad was finding it really hard

to cope with the personality We tried to get some assistance to

come in and help Mum around But Dad, "No, I can cope,

I can manage." My dad wasn't coping,

he was hiding it. Something clicked in my head that

if help came from something that was military

related, they might accept it. I went on the Legion website

and came up with the miracle that Admiral Nurses appointed Paula

and she came to visit us. And she was like a breath of fresh

air coming through that door. Mum's dementia was tearing

the family apart We can't thank the British Legion,

Admiral Nurses and all the support we've had,

we can't thank them enough. Mum and Dad wouldn't be together

in their home now without them. # 'Twas grace that taught

my heart to fear # Through many dangers, toils

and snares # 'Tis grace has brought me safe

thus far # We've no less days

to sing God's praise # We've no less days

to sing God's praise as we prepare for this year's

Service of Remembrance, paying tribute to all the men and

women of the armed services, The men and women from all trades

within the Royal Navy, representing ships and submarines, Naval Air

Squadrons and shore establishments from around the UK, led by

Lieutenant Commander Gary Mills and Lieutenant Commander Paul Morris.

Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service. The men and women

from across the naval service providing life-saving care on the

front-line and rehabilitation for those who have been injured.

A change of music telling us that the Royal Marines are on the way...

The Royal Naval Reserve led by Lieutenant Commander Catherine

Jakes, the Royal Marines Reserves, a part-time force of civilian

volunteers. We have the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, led by Christine Allen,

the first females systems engineer to join the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

The Army. DRUM ROLL

A rousing regimental march telling us it is No 7 Company Coldstream

Guards, the Coldstream Guards celebrating the 200th anniversary of

the Battle of Waterloo. No 7 Company will be Trooping the Colour at the

Queen's Birthday Parade next year. The 1st Battalion Royal Anglian. Two

of the Queen's Gurkha Orderly Officers. Queen Alexandra's Royal

Army Nursing Corps, a reminder that this is the centenary of the death

of the English nurse who was executed by the Germans in 1915. We

have the Army Reserve, including 151 Regiment Royal Logistical Corps, 103

Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 3 Military

Intelligence Battalion and 256 (City of London) Field Hospital Royal Army

Medical Corps. The Royal Air Force.

DRUM ROLL Some 40 servicemen and women

representing the aircrew and ground staff of RAF bases across the

country. The RAF with around 34,000 trained regular personnel and around

2,500 reserves in more than 50 professional roles. The Queen's

Colour Squadron, the custodians of the Queen's Colour for the Royal Air

Force. Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service, established

in 1918. Today, they continue to care for defence personnel and their

families. We will also be joined by the Royal

Air Force Police. The RAF Police, the world's oldest police service,

formed as part of the RAF in 1913. We have the Royal Auxiliary Air

Force, the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve force. The Queen presented

with the Colour at RAF Marham in 2010. The Royal Air Force Volunteer

Reserve. We have the University Air Squadrons represented, 15 of them in

all. First unit formed at Oxford and Cambridge in 1925.

The Merchant Navy. DRUM ROLL

The Merchant Navy's immense contribution has been noted again

this year. We have a group of serving officers and cadets joining

us tonight. The cadets include Doug Willats, Hannah Rosson and Jay

Robbins. The Royal British Legion and

Civilian Services. Rightly acknowledging the role of

the Poppy Appeal Collectors, playing their part in aiming for this year's

record fund-raising target of ?41 million. We also have the Welfare

Section, the Industry Section and the Poppy Factories section. The

Civilian Services also represented, St John Ambulance, St Andrew's First

Aid, the British Red Cross, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, the

lifeboat institution and the Salvation Army, they are all here.

I went to Sierra Leone because I saw that the military

needed intensive care nurses out there, so I volunteered to go.

One of the real difficulties working in Sierra Leone was working

in the HAZMAT suits, which, in the temperature that we were in, meant

that you would sweat about a litre an hour, so you could only ever stay

in for a short period of time or you'd become very dehydrated

I normally work in intensive care so I'm used to seeing patients very

sick, but I have never seen patients die so fast when they are so young,

and they were so fit and healthy before.

It felt like everyone was going to die. It

felt like, how can we really control this disease that is so deadly?

Coming to terms with the realisation that I might be

The initial symptoms were just tiredness, but, as the tiredness got

more and more profound, I started to realise that what I had

By the time they came to tell me I had Ebola,

I had just started to pee black and I was bleeding into my skin,

and I said to him, I don't think I'm going to be flown home, I think

I'm already in organ failure, and I think I'm going to die here.

But we chatted for about two hours and, ultimately,

And from then on in, I felt quite peaceful.

I fell asleep for about half an hour and my best friend woke me

up and she said, there's a plane here and you're going to get on it.

Getting to the Royal Free was amazing.

An NHS hospital that had all of the resources you could possibly

need definitely gave you the sense that I might survive and

even if I don't, that they will make sure that I get to see my family.

I have always loved working in a humanitarian role,

and having gone out on Gritrock, I realised what an amazing

So I decided I want more, so I'm going to join the regulars.

V Festival organist once again is Peter Crompton, or Organist

Emeritus. # There is no shadow

of turning with thee # As thou hast been thou

for ever wilt be # Morning by morning

New mercies I see # All I have needed

Thy hand hath provided # Great is thy faithfulness

Lord, unto me! # Sun, moon and stars

in their courses above # Join with all nature

in manifold witness # To thy great faithfulness, mercy

and love # Morning by morning

New mercies I see # All I have needed

Thy hand hath provided, # Great is thy faithfulness

Lord, unto me! # Pardon for sin

and a peace that endureth # Thine own dear presence

to cheer and to guide # Strength for today

and bright hope for tomorrow # Blessings all mine

with ten thousand beside! # Morning by morning

New mercies I see # All I have needed

Thy hand hath provided # Great is thy faithfulness

Lord, unto me! # National Chaplain

to the Royal British Legion. to remember with thanksgiving and

sorrow those whose lives, in world wars and conflicts

past and present, have been given and taken away in

the cause of justice and freedom, to pray for all who in bereavement,

disability and pain continue to suffer the consequences

of fighting and terror, in its ministry of care and support

for them, and to commit ourselves,

young and old, for reconciliation between the

nations of our troubled world, that, under God, people of every

race and creed may be at peace. These thoughts and prayers we offer

in the words that Jesus taught. Thy will be done,

on earth as it is in Heaven. as we forgive those

who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom,

the power and the glory, for ever and ever.

Amen. Jesus said,

this is my commandment - love one another,

as I have loved you. that a man should lay down his life

for his friends. You are my friends,

if you do what I command you. a servant does not know

what his master is about. because I have disclosed everything

that I heard from my Father. I appointed you to go on and bear

fruit, fruit that shall last, so that the Father may give you

all that you ask in my name. This is my commandment to you:

love one another. We give thanks for

Her Majesty the Queen, Patron of The Royal British Legion,

for Her unstinting devotion to duty and her unswerving commitment

to the service of all Her peoples. Grant that She may be

so strengthened by God's grace that, following in the way of

Christ with her whole heart, and protecting the freedom

of other faiths, she may at the last

come into His eternal kingdom. the responsibilities of government

are laid, and for all who, through positions

of influence and authority, serve the well-being of this nation,

the Commonwealth and the world. Especially we commend to God

the men and women of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force;

and all who support them in their mission at sea, on land

and in the air. # O Lord, hear my prayer

Hear my We remember in particular Her

Majesty's Forces now on duty abroad in the fight against evil

and oppression. and, facing whatever lies before

them with discipline and loyalty, truly serve the cause of freedom

and peace. # Lord, hear my prayer

and bring us Your peace Our second hymn is based on psalm

103. # Praise, my soul,

the King of heaven # Ransomed, healed,

restored, forgiven # Who like me

his praise should sing? Teach us good Lord to serve Thee

as Thou deservest; to labour and not to

ask for any reward, save that of

knowing we do Thy will, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen. They shall grow not old,

as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them,

nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun

and in the morning When you go home,

tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow

we gave our today. We look to the future with young

British people, representing those who, from Commonwealth countries,

paid the supreme sacrifice. Committed to stand together

against evil, and work for peace

and reconciliation, they reflect their different faiths

that now enrich our society. for that day when nation shall not

lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war

any more. To ask God to grant,

and revive us with, a salutation of peace, and lead us

into the abode of peace. To follow God's path

from darkness to light where His peace

bestows peace on all. To know that God judges us by our

deeds and not the coat we wear, and that love gives the victory

that endures. To enable the frightened to be

unafraid, the bound to be free, and people the world over

to befriend one another. To offer ourselves to be instruments

of the Lord's peace, that where there is hatred

we may sow love. ALL: Let there be peace on earth,

and let it begin with us. Take this Torch of Remembrance as

a symbol of hope and reconcilation that we may go forward together in

harmony, in memory of the fallen # Whose arm hath bound

the restless wave # The darkness falls

o'er land and sea # We raise to Thee this night

and for evermore # We think of loved ones

near and far # And those who

fought the fight before # Our brethren shield

in danger's hour # From rock and tempest

Fire and foe # Glad hymns of praise

from land and sea. # to the Church, the Queen,

the Commonwealth and all people, and to us and all his servants

life everlasting, the Father, the Son

and the Holy Spirit, be with you

and remain with you always. The Parade will remove head-dress.

Remove... Three cheers for

Her Majesty the Queen. Parade will replace head-dress.

Replace... Garrison Sergeant Major

Andrew Stokes - it's his first time in charge of

the military arrangements And that concludes the

Festival of Remembrance of 2015, but the events of this Remembrance

weekend will culminate tomorrow, when the Queen and members

of the royal family will gather in Whitehall,

at the Cenotaph. Our coverage begins at 10.25

on BBC One. But for now, from all of the

BBC team at the Albert Hall, thank you for watching,

and good night.