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Nov 13, 2016 - 12:46PM
London Transport Old Comrades Association.

I did not see the Association laying its wreath on the TV coverage this morning so this from the TfL website will have to do.


"London transport has been connected to Remembrance Sunday since 1920 when bus staff were given the right to march alongside the armed forces by King George V, in recognition of the services of the men who drove buses to the front line in France and Belgium from 1914-1918.

Members of the London Transport Old Comrades Association, led by bus driver and former member of the Royal Signals, Barry Osbourne, will take part in the annual Remembrance Sunday parade to the Cenotaph on Sunday 13 November in honour of the 4,500 transport workers who died in the two World Wars and other conflicts.

Martin Keegan, who served in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force during both Gulf wars and is now a Tube driver will lay the London Transport Old Comrades Association wreath at the Cenotaph.

Martin Keegan said:

'I am extremely proud to be given the privilege of laying the wreath on behalf of TfL. With the conclusion of the Battle of the Somme on 19 November, it is particularly special that I will have the chance of honouring the many men and women who have given their lives to protect our freedom.'"

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tflpress/22355197600/in/album-72157674606950301/

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