Remembrance

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This morning at about 7.30 I was already awake and on the Tube heading to Westminster.  Now I normally don’t do early mornings, especially on Sunday’s but today is a bit different.  I have an American friend in town at the moment who was quite keen to [...]

Field of Remembrance

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
- For the Fallen, by Laurence Binyon
Tomorrow marks the official opening of the annual Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in advance of [...]

Justice for the Gurkhas

I promised a post on the Gurkhas and here it is.  Today we heard the excellent news that the government has overturned its previous announcement on the Gurkhas and will now allow every single Gurkha who has served four years in the Army and their dependants to settle in the UK.  The delight at hearing the news [...]

We Will Remember Them…

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
We will remember them.
- Laurence Binyon

So as today’s Remembrance Sunday there was the annual National Service of Remembrance on Whitehall in London.  In past years I’ve queued up and gone [...]