Easier said than done, cl. They have an irritating habit of self disparagement. Thus their service often only comes to light when they have passed on, having survived their friends and family, thanks to the assiduous efforts of the likes of Paul Capper, George Osborne's undertaker.
Perhaps Mr Osborne would have preferred it this way. His generation was raised on their sense of duty rather than their rights. The tribute of the younger generations as expressed at this funeral acknowledges the debt we owe to Mr Osborne and the millions who served with him. I suspect that would have sufficed for him.