{"id":40203,"date":"2009-11-11T06:35:46","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T11:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.number10.gov.uk\/?p=21285"},"modified":"2009-11-11T06:35:46","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T11:35:46","slug":"service-marks-passing-of-first-world-war-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/40203","title":{"rendered":"Service marks passing of First World War generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-21291\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px; float: right;\" title=\"Gordon Brown at a memorial service in Westminster Abbey; PA copyright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.number10.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/remembranceday2474-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"Gordon Brown at a memorial service in Westminster Abbey; PA copyright\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" \/>The Prime Minister marked the passing of the First World War generation during a special service at Westminster Abbey this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah joined the Queen, heads of the Armed Forces and members of the public at the service on Remembrance Day.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was held following the deaths earlier this year of the last three veterans of the First World War living in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony the PM joined people around the country in observing the traditional two-minute silence.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the PM said has was humbled to be present at Westminster Abbey as the bravery and sacrifice of the First World War generation was remembered.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;With their sad passing, we have now lost our living link with the Great War. But we must never forget what they did for each and every one of us. The courage and selflessness of those brave men who fought in that war will never be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is our duty to teach our children and grandchildren of their heroism.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And today of course our thoughts are also with all the men and women of our Armed Forces, serving with such distinction at home and overseas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Previous story: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.number10.gov.uk\/Page21234\">Remembrance Sunday<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prime Minister marked the passing of the First World War generation during a special service at Westminster Abbey this morning. Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah joined the Queen, heads of the Armed Forces and members of the public at the service on Remembrance Day. The ceremony was held following the deaths earlier this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}