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Post by Frenchie on Aug 11, 2009 16:44:07 GMT 1
A service of remembrance to mark the end of combat operations in Iraq will be held at St Paul's Cathedral, London, on Friday 9 October 2009 it was announced yesterday, Monday 10 August 2009. The service will be attended by Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. It will be an opportunity to honour the members of the UK forces and civil servants who served in Iraq and to remember those who gave their lives over the six-year operation. Attendance at the service, which will take place at 1100hrs, will be by invitation only and the majority of the congregation will consist of serving and ex-serving veterans of the conflict, along with their commanders, the injured, and families of those who died. MoD Announcement >>
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