Service marks lost WWI generation
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Service marks lost WWI generation
Westminster Abbey in London is to hold a special Armistice Day service following the deaths this year of the three remaining World War I veterans living in the UK.The Queen will lead the country in observing a two-minute silence at 1100 GMT for the "passing of a generation".Bill Stone died at 108 in January followed by both Henry Allingham, 113, and Harry Patch, 111, in July.Robert Hall reports.
BBC | November 11, 2009
