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First World War soldiers remembered
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beecareful-info on 11/11/2009 13:08:00

The final three veterans of the war living in Britain died this year. William
Stone died in January at the age of 108, followed by Henry Allingham, 113, and
Harry Patch, 111, in July. Heads of the armed forces were joined by the Queen,
the Duke of Edinburgh and senior politicians for the traditional two-minute
silence to remember those who died for their country.
"The Great War was over. Lives, friendships, families, societies, nations had
been shattered. Everything had changed," said the Very Rev Dr John Hall, Dean of
Westminster, in his service recalling when the guns fell silent at the end of
the war.
"On this day two years later and at this hour, an unknown warrior, chosen at
random to represent all those of these islands who had fought and died, accorded
the highest honour of a state funeral, was buried here."
He continued: "We remember, with grief, the gas and the mud, the barbed wire,
the bombardment, the terror, the telegram; and, with gratitude, the courage and
sacrifice."