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Three of the four surviving British veterans of the Great War laid wreaths at the Cenotaph in central London.

This year there had been an unofficial ruling that no individual politician should be allowed to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph in Barking Park. In fact only the Mayor of Barking & Dagenham had been afforded the honour of laying a wreath, what a pity that he couldn’t find the time to attend.

Portraits of Veterans at the Cenotaph memorial service, London on Sunday 9 November 2008

Watching the ceremony from the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday is getting more and more difficult each year for people living overseas. The advances in technology allow the broadcasters to decide who can watch, and who cannot.

The cross is everywhere. The cross is on the flags of Christian armies, the cross is on seals, the cross is on the crowns of kings and emperors, the cross is on the domes of churches, the cross is on the vestments of clergy, the cross is on cenotaphs, the cross is everywhere.