NOVEMBER 11

Remember the fallen

11-08-2008 | STAFF

Panama Star LONDON. Over two thousand serving military personnel, veterans and members of the public crowded into the garden in front of Westminster Abbey to remember fallen friends and colleagues as HRH Duke of Edinburgh formally opened the Field of Remembrance.

Like so many of the people there, Prince Phillip planted a cross before beginning a tour of the garden, where a sea of crosses represents many of the units from all the armed services which have seen action since World War I.

In the RAF’s (Royal Air Force) 90th year, it was fitting to see a small plot for the first time commemorating the fallen from the RAF Police.

Warrant Officer Bill Veazey said: “I noticed some time ago that our trade wasn’t represented at the annual commemoration at Westminster, so we have worked hard this year to prepare a plot marking the contribution and sacrifices made by RAF Police in so many theatres of operation”.

The Queen and government and opposition leaders will attend ceremonies in London, to mark Remembrance Sunday, commemorating the fallen in wars around the world since the start of World War I.

Similar ceremonies will be held across the country and the $

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