I was lucky enough to be at the Bomber Command memorial yesterday. I arrived at around 1050 when there were an estimated 150 people there. At 1055 the police stopped all traffic on Piccadilly, and we were easily able to hear the 11 o'clock gun from St James Park to start the two minutes silence. Afterwards chatted to some very interesting people including a 90 year old RA officer wearing the MC he won at Kohima. In the crowd was a USAF 3 star general with his retinue - would have been nice to have seen someone of similar rank from the RAF, or maybe I missed them.
A memorable visit and I commend the memorial to anyone who had not yet seen it