Reading the newsreel items and Laurence Binyon’s poem For The Fallen is the late Richard Baker OBE, the much-loved broadcaster (he introduced the first BBC television news broadcast in 1954) and who, in the Second World War, served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on Arctic convoy minesweepers. We gave our today.” Richard Baker reads For The Fallen Among the readers taking part are Joanna Lumley OBE (whose grandfather and father both served in the British Indian army), forces songbird Hayley Westenra (her uncle served in the New Zealand Royal Air Force), and Lt Gen Sir John Kiszely KCB, MC, DL, former National President of The Royal British Legion and hero of the Battle of Mount Tumbledown during the Falklands War.Ĭlick to load video Dame Vera Lynn reads the moving Kohima Epitaphĭame Vera Lynn CH, DBE, ‘the Forces’ Sweetheart,’ reads the moving Kohima Epitaph by John Maxwell Edmonds carved on the memorial of the 2nd British Division in the cemetery of Kohima (North-East India). However you choose to mark Remembrance Day, we hope you’ll enjoy listening to the poignant collection of words and music featured on We Will Remember Them. We Will Remember Them: Words & Music For Remembrance ![]() ![]() Listen to We Will Remember Them: Words & Music For Remembrance on Apple Music and Spotify. The readings, by an impressive line-up of celebrities, are underscored by some of the world’s most uplifting and moving pieces of classical music. We Will Remember Them is a seamless sequence of prose, poetry, and newsreel readings from the First World War through to present-day texts written by servicemen in Iraq and Afghanistan. ![]() As we mark another Remembrance Day, we are proud to present a poignant tribute to the men and women who sacrificed their lives in the service of our country.
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