From: Nigel Hay MILWEB (nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Fri Nov 11 2005 - 01:41:26 PST
In fact I am wrong, see below
Britain's oldest veteran, 109-year-old Henry Allingham, travelled to France
to lay a wreath at the first permanent memorial to British air personnel who
served on the Western Front.
He will be accompanied by Air Vice Marshal Peter Dye, the RAF's deputy
commander-in-chief and chief of staff, and a dozen aircraft engineer
trainees from RAF Cosford, near Wolverhampton.
In the capital, the London Eye - filled with schoolchildren who are
accompanying Second World War veteran Len Jeans - will be illuminated in red
and stop moving as those inside pay their respects.
Insurance brokers Lloyds of London will ring the Lutine Bell to mark the
start and end of the two minute silence.
The Last Post will be played after the moment of reflection and the chairman
of Lloyds, Lord Peter Levene, and a representative from the Royal British
Legion will lay two wreaths in the famous Underwriting Room.
Stuart Gendall, from The Royal British Legion, said: "The two minute silence
is the single biggest annual demonstration of public support for any cause
in the country. This small yet significant individual and collective act is
a rare moment when the nation can stand together and reflect upon the price
of freedom."
-----Original Message-----
Nigel Hay MILWEB wrote:
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
Behalf Of Herb Leong
Sent: 11 November 2005 10:21
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Subject: Re: [MV] A Big thank you!
#
# Rather appropriate for Armistice day. For the 11 oclock silence today I
# shall go across the fields to the memorial to Sidney Bates VC.
# I believe that there are now no living survivors of WW1.
#
# NH
http://glennhyatt.com/gonewest/index.htm
As of last year, there were survivors still alive. Dunno about
now...
/herb
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