Lest We Forget

Today is Rememberance Sunday. I watched the March Past in London this morning. Ten thousand members of the armed forces, from every regiment, marched past the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Men and women who fought in every conflict from the last century, marching to a military band. It is an awesome sight to see. It is also emotional, in the main because it brings home that we are a free nation because of the bravery of these people. Sadness at the fact that there are now only a handful of WW1 veterans left, their generation almost passed, their sacrifice soon not to be represented. And the memory of those who never returned, the reason we remember every year, is especially poignant.
May we never forget, may we always keep the memory of all those who fight for our freedom alive and always show them the repect they deserve.