Burton-on-Trent, UK. 11th Nov, 2016. Prince Harry has led the Uk’s Commemoration of Armistice Day in Staffordshire. His Royal Highness joined senior military personnel, Armed Forces families, veterans and members of the public at the Arboretum’s annual Service of Remembrance which is held within the walls of the Armed Forces Memorial. During the Service, Prince Harry read The Soldier, a First World War sonnet about a soldier leaving home for the battlefield. Credit: Byron Kirk/Alamy Live News
Prince Harry has led the Uk’s Commemoration of Armistice Day in Staffordshire. His Royal Highness joined senior military personnel, Armed Forces families, veterans and members of the public at the Arboretum’s annual Service of Remembrance which is held within the walls of the Armed Forces Memorial. During the Service, Prince Harry read The Soldier, a First World War sonnet about a soldier leaving home for the battlefield. His Royal Highness then laid a wreath and inspected some of the 16,000 names on the memorial, including those of the nine men and women who died on duty in 2015. The Armed Forces Memorial, a tribute to the servicemen and women who have died on duty, or as a result of terrorism, since 1948, has recently undergone significant improvement work. The memorial is designed so that on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, when a two minute Silence called in Remembrance of the cessation of First World War hostilities, a shaft of sunlight dissects its inner and outer walls, hitting the central bronze wreath sculpture. Lieutenant Colonel David Whimpenny, Chairman of the National Memorial Arboretum and Trustee of its parent charity, The Royal British Legion, said: “The National Memorial Arboretum and the Armed Forces Memorial provide a most fitting focal pont both for the UK’s Armistice Day commemorations and for year-round remembrance. Today, led by Prince Harry, we paid tribute to the servicemen and women that have sacrificed their lives for their lives for their country, from the First World War to the current day.” Wreaths were also laid by: Mr Ian Dudson CBE CStJ, Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire and His wife Mrs Jane Dudson. Lieutenant Colonel David Whimpenny, Chairman of the National Memorial Arboretum and trustee of the Royal British Legion. Mrs Sarah Montgomery, Managing Director of the National Memorial Arboretum. The Lady Grey of Codnor, The Royal British Legion’s Women Section. Vice Admiral Ben Key CB
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