American Reacts King Charles Leads Remembrance Day Service at The Cenotaph

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  • @keithrudd8003
    @keithrudd8003 11 месяцев назад +93

    I was one of the veterans marching on Sunday….

    • @1chish
      @1chish 11 месяцев назад +5

      From an ex crab well done you Sir. I can't face it but admire those who do.

    • @albin2232
      @albin2232 11 месяцев назад +5

      Respect.

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 11 месяцев назад +6

      Thank you for your service. 🖖

    • @martinscholes2023
      @martinscholes2023 11 месяцев назад +8

      Thank you ❤

    • @katenye8178
      @katenye8178 11 месяцев назад +6

      Thank you Keith for my freedom

  • @Diamondmine212
    @Diamondmine212 11 месяцев назад +33

    Just realised the dear Duke of Kent wasn’t there for the first time. Bless him him ,he’ ll feel it now 87 he’s been there since a very young man . The dear Queens supporter at the trooping and this service after the death of Philip.

  • @JJ-of1ir
    @JJ-of1ir 11 месяцев назад +81

    THANK YOU SO MUCH Connor for reacting to this. MUCH respect to you - it's greatly appreciated. Your uncle is in our thoughts today too. Love from the UK

  • @paulharvey9149
    @paulharvey9149 11 месяцев назад +74

    Hello Connor, you might not realise it, but you have just made the most enormous contribution to the process of Anglo-American Relations! The attention that you have just paid to this lengthy ceremony, the effort you put into maintaining your concentration - which we know is often a challenge for reasons that are absolutely nothing to do with your choice; indicate a depth of respect for these traditions, that really are quite a big deal in the UK, that is quire remarkable for a foreign national of your age. Without doubt, you possess levels of maturity that are far beyond your years... I can only hope that you will use this praise and that of others, to give yourself the huge pat on the back that you certainly deserve. You have just ceased to be A. N. Other American Reactor on RUclips, and begun to be Connor, our lovely friend!

    • @lyndarichardson4744
      @lyndarichardson4744 11 месяцев назад +16

      Couldn't agree more, thank you Connor ♥️

    • @patriciabailey1937
      @patriciabailey1937 11 месяцев назад +10

      Put me on the list too. Connor is so respectful, unlike one other who constantly interrupts with silly remarks. Well done lad! And now that beautiful music, ‘oft in the stilly night ‘ has just begun to play and my thoughts return to Detmold in Germany and the wonderful four years spent in Hobart Barracks.🇬🇧

  • @claregale9011
    @claregale9011 11 месяцев назад +27

    Elgars Nimrod gets me everytime 😢. Thanks connor for being respectful its appreciated .

  • @auldare7053
    @auldare7053 11 месяцев назад +48

    The tune played at 15:16 is Nimrod, by Elgar an incredibly poignant piece played every year and really calls the nation to stand a while and remember.

    • @johntomlinson6849
      @johntomlinson6849 11 месяцев назад +4

      It always makes me emotional on the day

  • @Gendekk
    @Gendekk 9 месяцев назад +2

    It is touching to see your reaction filled with empathy and respect for Remembrance Day.

  • @albin2232
    @albin2232 11 месяцев назад +20

    God Save The King.
    Glory to the Heroes.

  • @rachelquirey7099
    @rachelquirey7099 11 месяцев назад +20

    Great video, respect from Northern Ireland. Most of my family served in both WW1 and WW2, in the British Navy and Army, and the stories and documents I discovered growing up, just made me feel so small amongst these giants of my ancestry. They really make you feel humble.

  • @chrismackett9044
    @chrismackett9044 11 месяцев назад +18

    I think even more moving than this are the ceremonies in towns and villages that happen all over the country. In our little village, people gather round the war memorial where, as part of the service, all the names of those from village who died are read out.

  • @briannagle6328
    @briannagle6328 11 месяцев назад +16

    How Refreshing it Is to see a Young Man take such interest in Our Remembrance Day Services.. may it always stay with with huge Respect to you from an Old Guy In the Uk.

  • @alanmon2690
    @alanmon2690 11 месяцев назад +27

    For me, the important, emotional moment, is the walk past of the veterans, remembering my father, his brothers, his father, who all fought in the first and second world wars. They all survived but one of my mother's uncles died in training (1916) and two of the sons of her mother's aunts one in France and one on HMS Hood.

  • @rjart4
    @rjart4 11 месяцев назад +17

    I think the most incredible thing about this is how amazing the musicians play their instruments

  • @petermallia558
    @petermallia558 11 месяцев назад +12

    I've been watching your reactions for a while now, and enjoy many of them.
    I'm a 50yrs of age, born and bred in London, East London, I love my country's' history, it's achievements, and it's faults, so I'm a very patriotic Englishman, old school type, and watching someone knowing what I have learned over the decades, something that has made me extremely knowledgeable about people, and you're a decent kid, without a doubt, very likable, very respectful, a honest to goodness American, my kinda upstanding young man, something we need much much more of in our Western, even worldwide societies.
    Keep it up mate.

  • @380Scania
    @380Scania 11 месяцев назад +6

    I am a veteran and was marching past at the Cenotaph on Sunday for the first time. Very humbling experience

  • @chixma7011
    @chixma7011 10 месяцев назад +1

    I’ve been watching this annual ceremony virtually my entire life, having an RAF father along with the first television in our street - bought specifically to watch the Queen’s Coronation in 1953 when I was six years old. Nothing ever changes about the Remembrance Sunday service and the veterans march past. It’s an amazing and constant reminder of our history. Thank you for posting and for watching it with me this year. 😊

  • @lyndarichardson4744
    @lyndarichardson4744 11 месяцев назад +13

    Thank you Connor for watching this video with so much respect, ♥️ it means so much to me as a Brit. Also condolences for the loss of your brave Gt Uncle .

  • @tonybaker55
    @tonybaker55 11 месяцев назад +15

    The second piece of music was Heart of Oak, the music for the Royal Navy.
    Nothing more poignant than pipes and drums for me, but the RMs playing the Last Post always brings tears.
    Seeing the Bailiwick of Jersey reminds me about how my ancestors suffered under Nazi occupation.
    It is also an eye opener in seeing so many countries represented that were part of the British Empire and whose people helped Britain in both World Wars.
    Lovely to see Ukraine remembered here too.
    I think it is great that a young man, such as yourself, Connor, witnesses this tremendous British tradition of remembrance.

  • @alexmonroe613
    @alexmonroe613 11 месяцев назад +15

    I can't quite believe that you spent so much of your time watching another countries (lengthy) ceremony respecting the fallen. It speaks volumes about your desire to understand the world and I thank you for showing so much respect... very much.

    • @myrarowlands9216
      @myrarowlands9216 25 дней назад

      I second that. Thank you for your interest and respect. 🇬🇧

  • @myrarowlands9216
    @myrarowlands9216 25 дней назад +1

    Lovely to see a young man of your age showing such respect, unusual nowadays but greatly appreciated. Thank you again. 🇬🇧

  • @1chish
    @1chish 11 месяцев назад +26

    Little known fact is that the Poppy was first brought to public attention by an American Lady, Moina Michael, who was struck by the images from British lines where in all the destruction these flowers grew and especially by John McCrae's poem 'In Flanders Fields'. In fact it was the American Legion that first adopted the Poppy as a symbol of remembrance in 1921.
    However it was a French Lady, Anna Guérin, who first got 'Poppy Days' going as fundraisers in the USA in 1920. She brought the idea to the UK and the British Legion adopted the Poppy and fundraising in 1922.

  • @debbywillan5165
    @debbywillan5165 11 месяцев назад +10

    Big Ben striking the hour in silence is chilling.

  • @paulcollins5423
    @paulcollins5423 11 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you, Connor. God bless you for this.

  • @martinscholes2023
    @martinscholes2023 11 месяцев назад +7

    Thank you for this very respectful video. I really appreciated it. ❤

  • @geoffw8565
    @geoffw8565 11 месяцев назад +3

    Well done Connor !

  • @davidcooks5265
    @davidcooks5265 11 месяцев назад +5

    Respect to all veterans 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💪 and respect to you Conner for this upload 👍

  • @robertlangley1664
    @robertlangley1664 11 месяцев назад +9

    Extremely proud of the way we remember the fallen of all conflicts since ww1 to the present day,a very solemn day and we owe them everything

  • @sobelou
    @sobelou 11 месяцев назад +3

    Just love your respectful reactions to solemn celebrations such as this one. Thank you so much!

  • @corjp
    @corjp Месяц назад +1

    A very BIG THANK YOU for the little interruption during the showing.

  • @gordonsmith8899
    @gordonsmith8899 9 месяцев назад +2

    Well done Connor

  • @janetburrows137
    @janetburrows137 11 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you Love ❤️ for the respect and attention you payed to this ceremony. ❤❤❤ thank You. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🇺🇸🙏❤️🇬🇧🇺🇸🙏❤️

  • @janetburrows137
    @janetburrows137 11 месяцев назад +3

    You literally watched the whole thing. Thank You Love ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @knowledge-seeker-x7u
    @knowledge-seeker-x7u 3 месяца назад +1

    I worked next to one of the favourite pubs by Whitehall......couldn't get my lunch sandwich for about 3 weeks before as I was hold up to be told all their amazing stories and memories....what a privilege! And what fun!!!! Love all these precious people!!

  • @janetburrows137
    @janetburrows137 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you Love 💕 for showing this. Words like Thanks don’t seem enough. But I personally thank you Love from the bottom of my Heart. God Bless you Love ❤️ ❤

  • @rockflowerful
    @rockflowerful 11 месяцев назад +2

    15:55 I am in my eighties, I think of all who lost their lives in the many wars and conflicts that have been in my lifetime. I think of my grandmother who lost her husband ,and five brothers. One brother was 15 he had lied about his age. I do not forget the soldiers and families of the enemies. Often manipulated by the power hungry, whipping their people up into cruel frenzies. Yes mad evil has to be contested and respect to all who take part in doing so. The music is so important it speaks straight to the heart and memory. Thanks to all who took part in this ceremony and also to you for posting this.

  • @johnforrester7961
    @johnforrester7961 11 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you Connor, I listened it live on the Radio yesterday but it was great to see the pictures and hear your comments (I think you said just: what more could you add).

  • @andrewcairns1980
    @andrewcairns1980 11 месяцев назад +7

    The narrator is His Excellency the Governor of Edinburgh Castle, Major General Alastair Bruce. ❤❤

    • @kah10161
      @kah10161 11 месяцев назад +1

      Sky News presenter; a Herald of the College of Arms…

  • @knowledge-seeker-x7u
    @knowledge-seeker-x7u 3 месяца назад +1

    The Veterans' marchpast can take over an hour I think, then they turn into Whitehall Parade Ground and are saluted by one of the Royal Family.

  • @khaiserfan
    @khaiserfan 10 месяцев назад

    Just watched this,..Thankyou young man ,..

  • @corjp
    @corjp Месяц назад +1

    I can not listen to Elgar's Nimrod without weeping for those who gave their lifes for our freedom, for those who gave up everything for God and Country... WE owe them soooo much and there is sooo little we can repay.

  • @corjp
    @corjp Месяц назад

    Your last words were SOOOOO Freaking TRUE!!!!!!.... Thanks fore that..... It a s an eye opener.....🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @hazel1605
    @hazel1605 11 месяцев назад +3

    Glad you mentioned your Great uncle, now he’s in my thoughts too 😊

  • @janetburrows137
    @janetburrows137 11 месяцев назад +3

    Love ❤️ you really did us all proud, with compassion. I will alway remember, you young gentleman, for showing the Pride of the fallen. From me, God Bless you, young Man. Hopefully you won’t be involved in anything your come mating this Day. May God Bless you Love and keep you and all your family and friends safe.🙏🇬🇧🙏🇬🇧 God Bless you love. ❤️🙏😝❤️🙏🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️

  • @LordUhtred1
    @LordUhtred1 11 месяцев назад +4

    Many thanks for your kind respect.

  • @paulthomas-hh2kv
    @paulthomas-hh2kv 11 месяцев назад +5

    You may remember Men of Halech from the film Zulu

  • @egriffiths8993
    @egriffiths8993 11 месяцев назад +3

    Very well done and respected I'm impressed. So nice to see

  • @corjp
    @corjp Месяц назад

    Again Mr Mc.Jibbin...... You do a very great job in honoring this film.. your demeanor is very much appreciated.

  • @angelabushby1891
    @angelabushby1891 11 месяцев назад +5

    Band leader is from the Welsh Guards

  • @neilbrooks5099
    @neilbrooks5099 11 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you Conner for your appreciation your a true gent

  • @petedutfield8617
    @petedutfield8617 9 месяцев назад +1

    Respect to you young man 🙂

  • @daphnethurlow5388
    @daphnethurlow5388 11 месяцев назад

    I watched it again here..thank you..

  • @Evasion381
    @Evasion381 11 месяцев назад +6

    I always liked the fact that both political parties show a unified front in this, give me slight hope

  • @TimberwolfC14
    @TimberwolfC14 10 месяцев назад

    It's amazing as how the RF and the people of the UK respect their military especially those who fell or were injured in protecting their nation. The one thing that really me take notice was when the Queens coffin was brought into and out of Westminster Abbey even that coffin was carried around the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior

  • @janetburrows137
    @janetburrows137 11 месяцев назад +2

    I have too say my love, you were actually listening too what was going on. There’s not many chaps your age would do that Love. You’ve done America 🇺🇸 and UK 🇬🇧, extremely proud of you love. 🇺🇸🙏❤️🇬🇧💕💕

  • @angelabushby1891
    @angelabushby1891 11 месяцев назад +4

    If you were about to ask about the Soldier dressed in Gold, he is a Drum Major,each Guards Regiment has thier own Drum Major who's Uniform dates back to Henry llV, i think Drum Majors are incharge of the Drum section.

  • @corjp
    @corjp Месяц назад +1

    AT FIRST that you recognize the wars in the Ukraine and Palistine/Israel gives me the feeling that you are very astute and I appreciate it. Not many USA -Americans do that as it is far from them ,so who cares.

  • @janetburrows137
    @janetburrows137 11 месяцев назад +1

    That my Love ❤ was very well said. Your silence was noted. In fact I don’t think you moved or spoke. Love what you’ve just done and not said. That’s the greatest tribute, you can give anyone. I from my HEART ❤️ thank you for this post. Far too many people lost there lives. Ok, it was for freedom . and Freedom they got. It’s so flipping hard to quantify, how do you put that into words???? After the loss of lives???? 😢😢😢😮😮😮😢😢😢😮😮😮❤❤❤❤

  • @stuartnewman6968
    @stuartnewman6968 11 месяцев назад +6

    Maybe one year we should have some American vets over to join in our memorial celebrating the glorious dead

    • @kah10161
      @kah10161 11 месяцев назад +1

      I think there have been some American 🇺🇸 military contingents that have paraded at the Cenotaph in the past; need to find some footage of that.

  • @janetburrows137
    @janetburrows137 11 месяцев назад +2

    Exactly love, the Veterans are running out. ❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🙏🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇸

  • @sallyannrowlands1154
    @sallyannrowlands1154 11 месяцев назад +2

    We all pay our respects the same in every Town In the UK .every village.. everyone pays their respects to the Fallen.❤March lay poppies "lest we forget"

  • @janbarber6204
    @janbarber6204 11 месяцев назад

    For me , seeing the final March Past of the veterans and the Associations is very moving.

  • @davidthemod4729
    @davidthemod4729 11 месяцев назад +1

    My great-grandfather fought in Gallipoli and western Europe in the New Zealand expeditionary force , in the name of King. So ANZAC day has a lot of meaning to me and my family. Thank you, Connor.

  • @Carvetii
    @Carvetii 11 месяцев назад +2

    This is why both world wars should be taught about in school so its never forgotten when there are no more veterans form WW2 left. It was drummed into me by my teachers back in the day and my father and grandfathers who both fought. 60 million plus souls gone in WW2 because of idiots like Putin and that's why we must help Ukraine because if we don't Russia won't stop just like Hitler didnt

  • @janetburrows137
    @janetburrows137 11 месяцев назад +2

    You’ve done a lovely job Love. If you can post this to Natasha and Debbie, I don’t know how too do it, sorry. I know they’d love ❤️ too see this. As they are both military parents and it means so much to them . To if you can pass this on, I’d appreciate it so much. Thanks Love ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @charlesfrancis6894
    @charlesfrancis6894 11 месяцев назад +2

    So agree sir as we are so lucky not to have to experience that feeling of going to war as your great uncle experienced on Omaha Beach may he rest in peace.

  • @alany1400
    @alany1400 11 месяцев назад +1

    The Armistice day wording is LEST WE FORGET. In every city, town and village across the UK there is a War Memorial inscribed with the names of every service person from that parish who has lost their life from The Gtrest War onwards. Each one has a ceremony on 11/11 to remember their sacrifice.

  • @christinegothard2776
    @christinegothard2776 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you Connor, for watching the Cenataph March past . It’s always a important day for remembrance in the UK

  • @kathchandler4919
    @kathchandler4919 11 месяцев назад

    Connor, the commentator throughout was the veteran British journalist and newsreader, Alistair Stewart

  • @elainenicholas5421
    @elainenicholas5421 11 месяцев назад +2

    Please watch the remembrance
    concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

  • @DavidJohnson-rj8zu
    @DavidJohnson-rj8zu 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much for a marvellous coverage of this important annual event which means so much to so many, a time of reflection for all, for me of my late father who was a regular soldier before the great war who came through it and went on to be in the home guard in the second I don't know how he manged it with the shocking wounds he received in the great war but he did and he lived well into his eighties, even I am to old to attend this service on his behalf so your coverage is a blessing thank you once again.

  • @anthonyhartley6098
    @anthonyhartley6098 11 месяцев назад

    great vidio conor very emotional well done thankyou✌

  • @Steve-ys1ig
    @Steve-ys1ig 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you Connor - it was a great and respectful reaction.

  • @johnm8224
    @johnm8224 11 месяцев назад +10

    I've never heard clapping during the laying of the wreaths. That was odd!

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 11 месяцев назад +3

      It's my considered opinion that applause during solemn events started during the funeral of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, after the audience / crowds in the London parks applauded Sir Elton John's especially adapted version of
      "Candle in the Wind / England's Rose" ... That was the first Ever time I'd heard applause at a funeral. Since then, I've heard it at our late Queen Elizabeth II's funeral procession and now this solemn and unlikely occasion for applause.
      It seems the present (at least, British / English ?) population think it's the "done thing" but to my mind (I'm 70 now and it seems disrespectful, somehow) it is
      "out of place" in such a setting.
      It has become "the norm" ... I don't know how others see it / what they think about applause during these otherwise sombre events...? 🤔🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🖖

    • @christinephipps8236
      @christinephipps8236 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@brigidsingleton1596 I agree to me it was not the time or place for applause.

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 11 месяцев назад

      @@christinephipps8236
      At the risk of being considered by some, an old 'grouch' - if that's even a word - I agree and think it very odd. It's certainly out of place to my mind... I wonder what the RF thought of it... I doubt it brought any smiles to HRH the Princess Royal's face... I'm aware that she has a good sense of humour but there's none in this scenario, in my opinion. (I think the late Queen Elizabeth II might've been amazed but, forgiving, as she did have a forgiving nature.
      ... R.I.P. "Your Majesty")

    • @egriffiths8993
      @egriffiths8993 11 месяцев назад

      Yes I thought same. Not a time for clapping at all. Bet the king wasn’t impressed

    • @christinephipps8236
      @christinephipps8236 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@brigidsingleton1596 to me it was like someone cllapping in church so inappropriate.

  • @reggriffiths5769
    @reggriffiths5769 11 месяцев назад

    ou ask who the four brightly-dressed figures are: there are four regimental bands (now collectively a massed band). Each one has a Drum Major - four bands, for DM's. I can't tell exactly which two regiments of Guards are represented - one being the Irish Guards, and I suspect the other are Welsh Guards - presumably why the pieces of music (following after the arrival of the buglers) were "The Minstrel Boy" (Irish), and "Men of Harlech" (Welsh). There were also Coldstreams present.
    The monument you ask about is the Cenotaph - the word is from the Greek, meaning "empty tomb" - and if you look carefelly at the top of it you will see what appears to be a coffin, which is empty! Most UK cities have a Cenotaph which is, in essence a war memorial without names on it. Most towns and villages have their own war memorials that usually (but not always) have the names of the lcoal men who perished.
    The two lines of men (Royal Marines and Royal AIr Force) are buglers who will play the Last Post and Revielle - the 2-Minute silence will take place between the two. They marched onto their positions to "Rule Britannia! and "Hearts of Oak."
    The bagpipes aare playing "The Skyboat Song" (Scottish). Some of the other pieces are "Oft in the Stilly Night" and "Flowers of the Forest." The final piece is standard at every Rembrance Service at the Cenotaph, and is the famous "Nimrod" Suite by Edward Elgar. All of these musical pieces are reflective of men's thoughts whilst awaiting battle.
    The frist wreaths are always from the Monarch and Royal Family representing (1) the People, and (2) the armed forces. These are followed by the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition and members of the Government Cabinet, other political leaders.. These are folllowed by representatives of the Commonwealth Nations - currently 43 with about ten other Independent Colonies (all of them usually in groups - too many to do singly). and former Prime Ministers.
    The different wreaths are mainly various branches of wartime services, both military and civilian, and the general march-past is by any and all personnel from every branch of the military - some in regimenatl order, others mixed. Incidentally, CIVILIANS NEVER SALUTE! Only uniformed personnel give a salute. Everyone else simply bows their head for a few seconds.
    To start the march-past, the Royal Irish Regiment (on bagpipes) play "Fare thee Well Inniskillings" - a famous regiment now disbanded but absorbed into the Royal Irish.
    I hope that this has answered most of your questions.

  • @araptorofnote5938
    @araptorofnote5938 11 месяцев назад +1

    “Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.” D H Lawrence.

  • @jimmyhillschin9987
    @jimmyhillschin9987 11 месяцев назад

    The music is absolutely lovely.

  • @jkpole
    @jkpole 11 месяцев назад

    Connor you are sooooooooooo respectful and may I SALUTE your Uncle.... BLESS you and your family

  • @angelabushby1891
    @angelabushby1891 10 месяцев назад +1

    And is in the Welsh Guards

  • @r.a.marriott6314
    @r.a.marriott6314 11 месяцев назад +1

    One of the pieces that has always been played at the Remembrance Day Service is ‘Dido's Lament’, from Henry Purcell’s opera ‘Dido and Aeneas’, written in 1688-89. The words by Nahum Tate are evocative and emotional:
    When I am laid in earth,
    May my wrongs create no trouble, no trouble in thy breast.
    Remember me, remember me, but ah! forget my fate.
    Here sung by Anna Dennis:
    ruclips.net/video/-H--Z9UzQYE/видео.html

  • @Alice-lw9mg
    @Alice-lw9mg 2 месяца назад

    Thank you Connor for watching this video it's one I haven't seen and I found it very moving.

  • @annephillips8494
    @annephillips8494 11 месяцев назад +3

    Never be Slaves? Let us pray.Thank you so very much.🌹

  • @jpdmufc
    @jpdmufc 11 месяцев назад

    You were captivated, this should never be forgotten. Nice reaction

  • @johnchallener
    @johnchallener 11 месяцев назад +1

    My Father was on HMS Formidable in the British Pacific Fleet in WW2 and saw plenty of action.. the Kamikasi attacks and saw many of his crewmen killed.. I have to say he had the most respect for the US all his life, he told me what they went through in the Pacific, they by being a bit naive in the beginning, but earned the victory in the end ..and he respected that

  • @christopherbrown4619
    @christopherbrown4619 11 месяцев назад +1

    I very much dislike the relatively new and ever growing applause when the king lays the wreath from the nation, and it's also happening a lot at funerals these days. It's something that just doesn't sit right with me, it's uncomfortable and almost disrespectful, but there you go,I suppose times are changing.

    • @myrarowlands9216
      @myrarowlands9216 25 дней назад

      I agree with you. What a shock to hear that, disturbing the whole ceremony for me. Stick to our usual tradition please.

  • @veronicawilliams7427
    @veronicawilliams7427 11 месяцев назад +2

    My Mothers brother signed on to go and fight in WW1 aged 17 years, very much under age as a lot of them where. and he was killed in action aged 19 years and his body could not be found but I found him with the help of a Belguan young man who takes people to see their Family members who are buried in Belgium present day,. My Uncle was not found until 1925 he had been badly injured after going over the tops of the trenches and was found by some Germans and taken to a German Lazerette ( a field hospital but sadly he died there alongside siomeone from his home town. in 1925 and exhumed and taken to a British Cemetary in Belgiumalongside with the man he was with when they where badly injured. When I was a child and in the town cenbtre where we lived during WW2 if she saw any soldiers she used to pat them on their arm and say "Have you seen my Frank?she never gave up asking them as long as she was alive.

  • @janetburrows137
    @janetburrows137 11 месяцев назад

    OMG. The Last Post Gets me every time.especially if its one lone trumpeted. ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @alanmon2690
    @alanmon2690 11 месяцев назад

    noticed that your extended version has disappeared!

  • @andypandy9013
    @andypandy9013 11 месяцев назад

    I liked the smile on your face as you watched the Veterans march past Connor. 🙂

  • @stevenbowers4164
    @stevenbowers4164 11 месяцев назад

    Re the battle of the Atlantic, the KIA rate for the merchant seamen during ww2 was in the region of 27%, the youngest 14 years and 152 days old, they are still today finding unrecorded merchant navy casualties

  • @angelabushby1891
    @angelabushby1891 7 месяцев назад

    The Soldier in Gold is a Drum Major,each of the 5 Foot Guards,Grenader,Coldstream,Scots Irish and Welsh all have their own Drum Majors,their uniforms date back to Henry 11V, I think obviously by the name they are in charge of rhe Drum Corps at the head of each Parade

  • @grahamfrear9270
    @grahamfrear9270 11 месяцев назад +2

    I just love the mass military bands their sound wonderful.

  • @James-wp3jq
    @James-wp3jq 11 месяцев назад +1

    The day before was the Lord Mayor's of London parade , maybe worth a look. He's American by the way !

  • @TribalMatriarch
    @TribalMatriarch 11 месяцев назад +2

    Lest we forget

  • @iriscollins7583
    @iriscollins7583 11 месяцев назад +1

    I do wish they would employ professional people to do the captions, some of the errors are ridiculous. I don't thnk I saw
    Cenotaph written right once.

  • @janetburrows137
    @janetburrows137 11 месяцев назад +1

    There’s not many of them left. ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @chrisbanks5925
    @chrisbanks5925 11 месяцев назад

    Well done.

  • @cfjooijevaar1
    @cfjooijevaar1 5 месяцев назад

    Although Dutch it is a tradition in my family to listen to Sir Edward Elgars Nimrod during a funeral service.

  • @angelabushby1891
    @angelabushby1891 10 месяцев назад

    That cenotaph has a empty Tomb on the top represents the dead thats never been found well over 2,000,

  • @johnhall7679
    @johnhall7679 11 месяцев назад

    "The Garrison Sargent Major" on this day the most powerful man in the British Armed Forces. Generals beware, because next inline is the Padre, he doesn't mess about.

  • @matthewhillier7484
    @matthewhillier7484 11 месяцев назад

    Great to watch this but for once I would have watched the BBC full coverage if available? They gave a better explanation of everything going on and it’s history