Every year, for as long, as I can remember I have attended a Remembrance Day Parade and worn my poppy with pride. First as a Wolf Cub (yes I am that old) then a Scout. At School and ever since then in Naval Uniform. All those years ago in deepest Worcestershire I listened to the Roll of Honour. Names that became so familiar over the years I could almost recite them. That List never changed, possibly over the years it still has not. But in many parishes across the country it will have grown. People I have served with and drank with are on those lists.
This year I urge you all, start wearing your poppy now. You do not have to be a tv presenter to do that. Show your solidarity with the fallen and wounded. Go to your Remembrance Parade. I shall be in Liverpool, one of the largest gatherings outside the capital, but still room for more. Show the Nation and the Government that you care, you Remember and that you will not Forget!