Remembering war dead
Download Under a grey November sky, military and civilian survivors of Britain's wars gathered at the Cenotaph memorial to remember those who died in past conflicts. At the first stroke of Big Ben at 11 o' clock GMT on this cold morning, the crowd observed a two minute silence. A bugler sounded the Last Post. Then the Queen laid a wreath of blood red poppies at the foot of the stone memorial. Thousands of men and women, young and old, many with war medals pinned to their suits marched past the Cenotaph and saluted Prince Charles as they walked down the government district of Whitehall. Senior military officer, Air Chief Marshall, Jock Stirrup, was at the ceremony. “This day is not just about the Second World War, or about the First World War. It's about the sacrifice and the contribution of so many people over the years, right up until the present day.”On the outskirts of the Iraqi city of Basra, British soldiers paused for a moment. Thousands of kilometres away from home their thoughts turned towards those they left behind, both on the battlefield and at home in Britain.war veteranspeople who fought in a warthe Cenotaph memoriala monument to honor the people who were killed strokeone of the sounds which the clock makes to tell people what the time isobservedtook part ina bugler sounded The Last Posta traditional military tune was played on a bugle (a small trumpet-like instrument)poppiesred flowers often worn to honour people killed in warat the foot ofat the bottom ofsalutedmade a sign of respect by raising their hands to the side of their headsthe sacrificethe act of giving up something in order to help othersoutskirtsthe areas that form the edge of the city
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At the first stroke of Big Ben at 11 o' clock GMT on this cold morning, the crowd observed a two minute silence. A bugler sounded the Last Post. Then the Queen laid a wreath of blood red poppies at the foot of the stone memorial.
Thousands of men and women, young and old, many with war medals pinned to their suits marched past the Cenotaph and saluted Prince Charles as they walked down the government district of Whitehall. Senior military officer, Air Chief Marshall, Jock Stirrup, was at the ceremony. “This day is not just about the Second World War, or about the First World War. It's about the sacrifice and the contribution of so many people over the years, right up until the present day.”
On the outskirts of the Iraqi city of Basra, British soldiers paused for a moment. Thousands of kilometres away from home their thoughts turned towards those they left behind, both on the battlefield and at home in Britain.
war veteranspeople who fought in a war
the Cenotaph memoriala monument to honor the people who were killed
strokeone of the sounds which the clock makes to tell people what the time is
observedtook part in
a bugler sounded The Last Posta traditional military tune was played on a bugle (a small trumpet-like instrument)
poppiesred flowers often worn to honour people killed in war
at the foot ofat the bottom of
salutedmade a sign of respect by raising their hands to the side of their heads
the sacrificethe act of giving up something in order to help others
outskirtsthe areas that form the edge of the city
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