A nice touch

I didn't see the Cenotaph service yesterday - stood quietly outside in the open air for a few minutes around 11 -but I caught the reports on the news and in the papers.

What I especially liked was the way the current miltary paid their respects to the only three WW1 veterans still alive in the UK. By a nice coincidence, each of the three came from differing sevices - Henry Allingham (RAF), Harry Patch (Army) and Bill Stone (RN) - and they were taken to the Cenotaph by a decorated serving member of their service.

For the RAF it was Flt Lt Michelle Goodman - the first woman to win a DFC
For the Navy it was Marine Mkhuseili Jones MC
For the Army it was Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry VC

It was an honour guard worthy of those three gentlemen.