A week before rememberance Sunday a seperate rememberance ceremony takes place on the Thames Embankment for the Submariners that were lost. My boat HMS/m Warspite formed the honour guard in 1972 as we were in refit in Chatham Dockyard at the time.We were proud as punch to be chosen especially as for the first time we all wore our Dolphins which had not long been issued to all serving Submariners that had passed their part 3. I was doubly proud as the young lady that I married the following month was there watching. Glad to say she is still here with me and we celebrate our 52nd year together on the 16th December.
My dad joined submarines in 1947. The stories he told were magnificent. The one I love is when I asked him if he learnt to march and he said, only a bit, theres not much call for it on a submarine. He represented the RBL as a standard bearer at the cenotaph in the late 70's. Very proud of him.
Thanks Mark for reacting to this. I watched the Veterans passing the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday, but hadn't seen the last clip. Such a determined, brave man humbles me. They will all have had stories to tell when they got home that night.
There is a Remembrance Sunday event near me. The local pubs open early on Sunday, provide free hot stews etc for the veterans, after the service. As you can imagine, the pubs are rammed, well into the night! God bless them!
My father like so many lied about his age and name and enlisted at 15 years old, got caught and was sent home. This didn't deter him and he did the same thing twice more, the third time they decided it would be more trouble to send him home because he would keep going back. He got shot twice and was in the second truck through the gates of Bergen-Belsen, he was just 20 years old, and he hardly ever talked about the war, but he would say that he saw the worst of humanity. I am 57 now and he died when I was 23, so he never got to meet my children, but they know what both grandfathers did in the war. Their other grandfather was an American soldier in the Pacific, and I can say that they are proud of both grandfathers and their dad, who is a USAF veteran.
When there's a holder of the Victoria Cross (the UK's highest award for valour/bravery in the face of the enemy) on parade, you'd expect the commentators to mention his name..... Johnson Beharry. He is the only VC recipient who is still serving in the UK Armed Forces and, in this parade, was marching alongside the Chelsea Pensioners as an Escort..
Thank you Mark for watching this. My parents both served in WW2 . Met at the end of it. Both served in foreign fields. My Dad was in the medical Corps. Served in North Africa and later Burma
@@MarkfromtheStates I still have both sets of my parent's service medals. If I ever attended a parade like the one you featured I would wear them on the right of my chest like many that you saw in the video.
My stepdad was in the Seaforth Highlanders during WW2. We'd watch this every year and he would sing the 'unauthorised' versions of the songs and get hit by my mother.
The thing I most remember about doing this was the pain lol you see we had to be at horse guards by nine thirty but most were there by nine so it was one hour before we moved out of horse Guards and we turned left up Whitehall towards Trafalger square I was in the second section when we marched we were in reverse order there was three Columns. By this time most of us were suffering from back and leg pain so plenty of pill popping. The next problem I faced was because I was next to the pavement. Now Whitehall street does not have ordinary concrete curb there made out of granite there sharp edge level with your Angel bone remember were in shoes not boots . Because there was three columns there was not enough room to spread out like you see today. Then there was the drum beat you can not hear it here in the TV is the Drum beat echos along the street between the high buildings so there's a double beat so you have problems with trying to make out the correct beat well those are my memories of the parade the rest of the day past with friends old and new in many pubs in central London and Restaurants through the night one last thing many thanks to London Transport for the help and free travel by train and Taxis espesurly the latter for returning me to my Nice at five in the morning
Hi Mark, this scene was repeated in most towns and villages across England, Scotland, Wales and NI. At 11:00 there is a nationwide silence. Here it is unlikely that any family did not have someone in the two world wars, ordinary people like my grandad and my nans two brothers, I didn't know my great uncles but I 'remember' them. In London the black cab drivers line up to take the veterans to and from the stations for free.
My father served in the Second World War and my grandfather served in the First World War. I’m 75 now and probably the last generation who remember the words of all these old songs. So proud, thanks for your appreciation 😊
The other thing to remember that all over the uk in small villages & Towns,also the districts of big citys this is taking place albiet on a smaller scale Nationwide !!
Hello Mark. I am a British Army veteran, with over 25 years service to the Crown. Have been there many times. Now, I am unable to go to London for this, but attend our local one here in the North West of England. But, always tape it to watch later. Don't class myself as a hero. The heros are the one's that dont come home. They will be rememebered.
As a child in the 80s, I remember watching rank upon rank of 1st World War veterans matching past the Cenotaph, followed by many 2nd World War veterans - many of whom were still of working age. Now all of those veterans have passed into the next life. I count it a privilege to have witnessed them.
Absolutely, I've watched this over many years because of big family involvement in the HM Forces. As a younger boy in the 70s, the Chelsea Pensioners were always made up of ww1 vets, and they've sadly all passed many years ago.
My grandfather was a private in the Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry B.E.F.1914 and fought to defend the Belgium town Mons . My grandfather served in the Royal Navy during ww2 along with Brothers-in -law.All All of them saw active service . Post ww2: Mums brother served in the RAF and her cousin was a Royal Marine in 42 cdo. My dad was in the Royal Navy, and my brother was RAF.
I took part in this years cenotaph March past with my Royal Air Forces Association its the 9th time I've took part and is always emotional going past the cenotaph, you always seem to put on a bit more swagger when marching past
Mark, not only are you doing fantastic, you look fantastic!😀😀😀! (On a more serious note, my dad was at Dunkirk in 1940, luckily survived, (he never talked about it very much), and, in later life, worked at Chatham Dockyard.until he retired,). (FYI, a trivial note, but did you know that HMS Victory, whilst berthed today at Portsmouth, was actually built at Chatham Dockyard in Kent?). (I'm so glad that watching the Cenotaph March Past is, for you, some form of remembrance!).
Great video of the March Past as usual, Mark. Great to see the vets at the Cenotaph, and of course ceremonies of various sizes are held at the same time in cities, towns and villages throughout the UK and across the Commonwealth at their own times. Alistair Bruce was a Scots Guards officer serving with their 2nd Battalion at the time of the Falklands War. I loved that story of the butler, the Sergeant and yonder tree. 😂. The Guards Depot ( boot camp ) at Pirbright was a tough place to start in the Foot Guards & Household Cavalry regiments.😂😩
It is 10,000 the number is a set number. It is a highly organised event. I have always watched it. I will admit to knowing some of the alternative lyrics, to the music. Love the bands.
Morning Mark- was in woke tube prison again yesterday ! You are a good man Mark ,the respect you show to our little Island and people is heartwarming- are you listening slime minister? Not that he is bothered -we are and will continue to be bothered despite the efforts to stop us - take care my good friend, love to all x
The commentators ought to have said that the uniformed (ex-)soldier marching at front left of the column of Chelsea pensioners (right as we look at them) and bearing the wreath is ex-private Johnson Beharry VC, the only Victoria Cross holder on parade. His red sash indicates he holds the UK's higher award for bravery, which he got in Iraq for two separate acts of outstanding bravery. A peculiarity of the VC is that regardless of their rank, VC holders are saluted by all other service personnel up to and including a field marshal.
As someone born in the early 1950s I know many of these these tunes .... generally speaking we gave then very rude words and they were playground, school and later boozing standards. I suppose fathers, older brothers, cousins neighbours etc were in the war or did National Service after the war and brought the songs back to their neighbourhoods .......
Of course no-one can rival the BBC anywhere in the world. Because they are a public service broadcaster they cover this kind of thing all the way through. I doubt if the majority of Sky viewers will be interested enough to want to watch it all. The BBC camera angles are the best. I got frustrated by Sky constantly moving away from the parade. I am just an old man of 80 who no-one takes any notice of.
I watched the first twenty minutes and agree that they moved away too often. I also felt there was more time given to the thoughts of the presenters and less identifying the various groups as they marched past.
To remember those that gave all is not Just a day of. Remberance but a day to give a sincere to The. Day we and not Just. Myself thousands of Soldier’s who gave their today that we could have our tomorrow’s that is a Quote from ww 1 which stands today As it did way back Then.
31.04 Quarter Masters store my eyes are dim I cannot see I havnt brought my specs with me sang it as a child dont know if there were naughty words to it though 😉
@@claregale9011 me too ..... one not too rude line I remember is 'there were chips, chips as big as battleships in the store, in the store, there were chips, chips as big as battleships in the Quartermasters store' ....... 😜😜
Thank you Mark, however, what the public never see is the lining up in Horsegaurds Parade before marching out into the main road to line up in groups, you need an invitation card, name etc and I.D, on the card it states, On Horseguards there is no smoking or Alcohol allowed, when you approach the security you cannot see the lads already in there for the smoke, and everyone is passing around their flasks with whiskey etc lol, we have to stand there for a very long time before marching off into the main road so its customery to have a wee bit of sustinance before the long stand around before the March, the one thing about the whole day is the comeradery, especially between the lines of different Military sections, each taking the piddle out of each other, its something which only Veterans can appreciate and every time I have been there it is taken in good faith and what would be offencive to non veterans is accepted and laughed at for a long time after, again, thank you for posting this, btw, at the start of the video, the bagpipes were playing a traditional Scottish song, as children, we used to sing to that, 'Auntie Mary had a canary up the leg of her drawers' 🤪
Thank You Mark, you are a TRUE GENTLEMAN
Well not sure I would go that far... Lol
Thank you Peter
A week before rememberance Sunday a seperate rememberance ceremony takes place on the Thames Embankment for the Submariners that were lost. My boat HMS/m Warspite formed the honour guard in 1972 as we were in refit in Chatham Dockyard at the time.We were proud as punch to be chosen especially as for the first time we all wore our Dolphins which had not long been issued to all serving Submariners that had passed their part 3. I was doubly proud as the young lady that I married the following month was there watching. Glad to say she is still here with me and we celebrate our 52nd year together on the 16th December.
My dad joined submarines in 1947. The stories he told were magnificent. The one I love is when I asked him if he learnt to march and he said, only a bit, theres not much call for it on a submarine. He represented the RBL as a standard bearer at the cenotaph in the late 70's. Very proud of him.
Wonderful Sibbo thank you for sharing this
Thanks Mark for reacting to this. I watched the Veterans passing the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday, but hadn't seen the last clip. Such a determined, brave man humbles me. They will all have had stories to tell when they got home that night.
There is a Remembrance Sunday event near me. The local pubs open early on Sunday, provide free hot stews etc for the veterans, after the service. As you can imagine, the pubs are rammed, well into the night! God bless them!
Love it
My father like so many lied about his age and name and enlisted at 15 years old, got caught and was sent home. This didn't deter him and he did the same thing twice more, the third time they decided it would be more trouble to send him home because he would keep going back. He got shot twice and was in the second truck through the gates of Bergen-Belsen, he was just 20 years old, and he hardly ever talked about the war, but he would say that he saw the worst of humanity. I am 57 now and he died when I was 23, so he never got to meet my children, but they know what both grandfathers did in the war. Their other grandfather was an American soldier in the Pacific, and I can say that they are proud of both grandfathers and their dad, who is a USAF veteran.
Thank you for sharing this about your family...
When there's a holder of the Victoria Cross (the UK's highest award for valour/bravery in the face of the enemy) on parade, you'd expect the commentators to mention his name..... Johnson Beharry. He is the only VC recipient who is still serving in the UK Armed Forces and, in this parade, was marching alongside the Chelsea Pensioners as an Escort..
Thank you Mark for watching this. My parents both served in WW2 . Met at the end of it. Both served in foreign fields. My Dad was in the medical Corps. Served in North Africa and later Burma
Thank you for sharing and much respect to your family
@@MarkfromtheStates I still have both sets of my parent's service medals. If I ever attended a parade like the one you featured I would wear them on the right of my chest like many that you saw in the video.
At 16.34 the commentator failed to notice S/Major BEHARRY VC escorting the Pensioners
Thought it was him thank you
Thank you
Thank you Mark, I'm 77 and still get tearful watching it every year, I was a soilder wife for 7 years ❤❤❤
Love this thank you Linda
My stepdad was in the Seaforth Highlanders during WW2. We'd watch this every year and he would sing the 'unauthorised' versions of the songs and get hit by my mother.
The thing I most remember about doing this was the pain lol you see we had to be at horse guards by nine thirty but most were there by nine so it was one hour before we moved out of horse Guards and we turned left up Whitehall towards Trafalger square I was in the second section when we marched we were in reverse order there was three Columns. By this time most of us were suffering from back and leg pain so plenty of pill popping. The next problem I faced was because I was next to the pavement. Now Whitehall street does not have ordinary concrete curb there made out of granite there sharp edge level with your Angel bone remember were in shoes not boots . Because there was three columns there was not enough room to spread out like you see today. Then there was the drum beat you can not hear it here in the TV is the Drum beat echos along the street between the high buildings so there's a double beat so you have problems with trying to make out the correct beat well those are my memories of the parade the rest of the day past with friends old and new in many pubs in central London and Restaurants through the night one last thing many thanks to London Transport for the help and free travel by train and Taxis espesurly the latter for returning me to my Nice at five in the morning
Hi Mark, this scene was repeated in most towns and villages across England, Scotland, Wales and NI. At 11:00 there is a nationwide silence. Here it is unlikely that any family did not have someone in the two world wars, ordinary people like my grandad and my nans two brothers, I didn't know my great uncles but I 'remember' them. In London the black cab drivers line up to take the veterans to and from the stations for free.
Love that they do that...thank you Debbie for sharing and much respect to your family
My father served in the Second World War and my grandfather served in the First World War. I’m 75 now and probably the last generation who remember the words of all these old songs. So proud, thanks for your appreciation 😊
Much respect to your family Joyce...thank you
The other thing to remember that all over the uk in small villages & Towns,also the districts of big citys this is taking place albiet on a smaller scale Nationwide !!
Hello Mark. I am a British Army veteran, with over 25 years service to the Crown. Have been there many times. Now, I am unable to go to London for this, but attend our local one here in the North West of England. But, always tape it to watch later. Don't class myself as a hero. The heros are the one's that dont come home. They will be rememebered.
Bless you Edward and thank you for your service...much respect sir
As a child in the 80s, I remember watching rank upon rank of 1st World War veterans matching past the Cenotaph, followed by many 2nd World War veterans - many of whom were still of working age.
Now all of those veterans have passed into the next life. I count it a privilege to have witnessed them.
Love it
Absolutely, I've watched this over many years because of big family involvement in the HM Forces.
As a younger boy in the 70s, the Chelsea Pensioners were always made up of ww1 vets, and they've sadly all passed many years ago.
Thank you Mark, just thank you!
My pleasure!
Thank you, Mark.
You are very welcome
Will be there next year, coming across from Australia to march with my old shipmates, share my dits and a few beers 🍻, actually lots 😀
Sounds great! Happy for you David
My grandfather was a private in the Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry B.E.F.1914 and fought to defend the Belgium town Mons .
My grandfather served in the Royal Navy during ww2 along with Brothers-in -law.All All of them saw active service .
Post ww2:
Mums brother served in the RAF
and her cousin was a Royal Marine in 42 cdo.
My dad was in the Royal Navy, and my brother was RAF.
Thank you for sharing this about your family Chris
Thank you, I watched this as it happened but always like to see, glad you are well, nice tho see you! Always enjoy your videos 😊
It is so wonderful...thank you Hazel
I took part in this years cenotaph March past with my Royal Air Forces Association its the 9th time I've took part and is always emotional going past the cenotaph, you always seem to put on a bit more swagger when marching past
Awesome thank you for your service
I appreciate your thoughtfulness and kind words.
Thank you for allowing me to experience it.
Hi Mark , always great to see your reaction to the march past . Thankyou .
My pleasure
Mark, not only are you doing fantastic, you look fantastic!😀😀😀! (On a more serious note, my dad was at Dunkirk in 1940, luckily survived, (he never talked about it very much), and, in later life, worked at Chatham Dockyard.until he retired,). (FYI, a trivial note, but did you know that HMS Victory, whilst berthed today at Portsmouth, was actually built at Chatham Dockyard in Kent?). (I'm so glad that watching the Cenotaph March Past is, for you, some form of remembrance!).
Thank you Mik. Much respect to your father
It was good to see Warrant Officer Class 2 Johnson Gideon Beharry, VC (Victoria Cross) parading with the Chelsea Pensioners.
Great video of the March Past as usual, Mark. Great to see the vets at the Cenotaph, and of course ceremonies of various sizes are held at the same time in cities, towns and villages throughout the UK and across the Commonwealth at their own times.
Alistair Bruce was a Scots Guards officer serving with their 2nd Battalion at the time of the Falklands War.
I loved that story of the butler, the Sergeant and yonder tree. 😂. The Guards Depot ( boot camp ) at Pirbright was a tough place to start in the Foot Guards & Household Cavalry regiments.😂😩
So good
It is 10,000 the number is a set number. It is a highly organised event. I have always watched it. I will admit to knowing some of the alternative lyrics, to the music. Love the bands.
Thanks for sharing!
You're correct. Only got one ball 😁
For thaose able bodies enough to march with veterans there will be a sense of pride and they'll be as upright and straight backed as possible.
Absolutely
Morning Mark- was in woke tube prison again yesterday ! You are a good man Mark ,the respect you show to our little Island and people is heartwarming- are you listening slime minister? Not that he is bothered -we are and will continue to be bothered despite the efforts to stop us - take care my good friend, love to all x
Free Carol
👍👍❤️
The commentators ought to have said that the uniformed (ex-)soldier marching at front left of the column of Chelsea pensioners (right as we look at them) and bearing the wreath is ex-private Johnson Beharry VC, the only Victoria Cross holder on parade. His red sash indicates he holds the UK's higher award for bravery, which he got in Iraq for two separate acts of outstanding bravery. A peculiarity of the VC is that regardless of their rank, VC holders are saluted by all other service personnel up to and including a field marshal.
WO2 Johnson Beharry VC is still serving.
You'd have heard Big Ben rather than Elizabeth Tower. 😊
Yes thank you
As someone born in the early 1950s I know many of these these tunes .... generally speaking we gave then very rude words and they were playground, school and later boozing standards. I suppose fathers, older brothers, cousins neighbours etc were in the war or did National Service after the war and brought the songs back to their neighbourhoods .......
Love it
Of course no-one can rival the BBC anywhere in the world. Because they are a public service broadcaster they cover this kind of thing all the way through. I doubt if the majority of Sky viewers will be interested enough to want to watch it all. The BBC camera angles are the best. I got frustrated by Sky constantly moving away from the parade. I am just an old man of 80 who no-one takes any notice of.
I watched the first twenty minutes and agree that they moved away too often. I also felt there was more time given to the thoughts of the presenters and less identifying the various groups as they marched past.
Thank you George
To remember those that gave all is not
Just a day of. Remberance but a day to give a sincere to
The. Day we and not
Just. Myself thousands of Soldier’s who gave their today that we could have our tomorrow’s that is a
Quote from ww 1 which stands today
As it did way back
Then.
Beautiful
Lord Styrup
Thank you
I believe its spelt Stirrup. Lord Graham Eric Stirrup Marshall of the RAF. former deputy chief of the defence staff 2006-10. Known as Jock Stirrup.
31.04 Quarter Masters store my eyes are dim I cannot see I havnt brought my specs with me sang it as a child dont know if there were naughty words to it though 😉
I remember that song . 😊
@@claregale9011 me too ..... one not too rude line I remember is 'there were chips, chips as big as battleships in the store, in the store, there were chips, chips as big as battleships in the Quartermasters store' ....... 😜😜
We were actually taught this one at primary school in the 1960s, and I still remember it.
@@markthomas2577 Yes lol
Thank you Mark, however, what the public never see is the lining up in Horsegaurds Parade before marching out into the main road to line up in groups, you need an invitation card, name etc and I.D, on the card it states, On Horseguards there is no smoking or Alcohol allowed, when you approach the security you cannot see the lads already in there for the smoke, and everyone is passing around their flasks with whiskey etc lol, we have to stand there for a very long time before marching off into the main road so its customery to have a wee bit of sustinance before the long stand around before the March, the one thing about the whole day is the comeradery, especially between the lines of different Military sections, each taking the piddle out of each other, its something which only Veterans can appreciate and every time I have been there it is taken in good faith and what would be offencive to non veterans is accepted and laughed at for a long time after, again, thank you for posting this, btw, at the start of the video, the bagpipes were playing a traditional Scottish song, as children, we used to sing to that, 'Auntie Mary had a canary up the leg of her drawers' 🤪
Thank you Vic. This would be awesome to see and hear in person...love it.