The bit I wanted to see to pay my respects to was there! For they had built a peaceful, relaxing garden to Honour all Allied Services in the wars and for those still fighting or indeed getting over it!
As I come from a Military family and was in the Army myself, I had to see it!
Unfortunately you could not get near it for people out to pay their own respects. I had my Regimental Blazer on and people moved out of the way when they saw my medals.
It had been on the TV and in the Newspapers that they had fountains with peace lilies around, and asked if you could throw a coin in for the service charities, of which I am a member!
My father had given me 17 pound coins to throw in, one for every member of the family killed in action.
A very nice lady behind the rope cordon saw me and asked for people to move out of the way, I was just getting the coins out when a man near to me lit a cigarette!
Sarah grabbed the camera from me. He was politely asked to put it out, so he stubbed it out on the actual plaque to remember the fallen Heroes!
I went berserk, but security got him before I did, and he was handed over to the Police to a very slow hand clap from the thousands of people!
They asked me to say the Royal British Legion and the Burma Star epitaphs, which I did to complete silence, and then I threw the coins in!
In one week they raised over £5 million pounds to help the living and yet to remember the dead.
So the only picture is this!
Sarah took this one!
