Our town ceremony followed its established pattern with a few variations. The four sentinels with Arms Reversed guarding the War Memorial were this year Sea Cadets rather than Royal Marine ones, and one of them a girl at that. I was going to use the words "slip of" as she seemed too small to carry the full weight of an SA80 in the awkward "Resting on Arms Reversed" position, but she did so with a Guard like steadiness. The weapon hardly seems appropriate for such duty, being heavy and short, as compared to the Lee-Enfield .303, on which you did indeed rest your palms on the butt, the muzzle resting in turn on your boots (avoiding the bulled toe-caps of course!). The turn-out, both of cadets and public seems to increase year by year. The band was impressive as well, a Pipes and Drums one from the local ATC Squadron. In short a fitting tribute to the Fallen and a reminder of the enormous debt owed to them.