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Moving Cenotaph vigil launches 2014 Poppy Appeal
Armed Forces personnel joined members of the public taking part in "The Watch" - a vigil to launch The Royal British Legion’s annual appeal.
At the vigil in Central London members of the Armed Forces, Royal British Legion volunteers, members of the public and celebrities were standing at the 4 corners of the Cenotaph from sunrise to sunset yesterday.
The tribute, called “The Watch”, is inspired by the images of the repatriation of the Unknown Warrior in 1920 where Guards of the Watch kept a vigil by the coffin as a mark of respect.
The Watch started at just after 7.30am this morning as the Last Post was sounded by Ben Beavis, a Bugler from the Grenadier Guards.
Taking part in the first vigil was singer Joss Stone, who recorded this year’s official Poppy Appeal single with Jeff Beck, former Royal Marine Commando and Legion beneficiary Pete Dunning, 18-year-old Cadet Sergeant Kamil Cesarz and the Legion’s Director of Fundraising, Charles Byrne.
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