Civilians will be BANNED from marching past the Cenotaph during London's Remembrance Sunday parade
Daily MailCivilians have been banned for the first time from marching past the Cenotaph during London's Remembrance Sunday parade. Chelsea Pensioners parade during the annual Remembrance Sunday Service at the Cenotaph memorial in Whitehall, London Yet the Legion, which organises the commemoration, insisted that the decision had not been 'taken lightly'. The Royal British Legion sent out an unexpected message to the associations warning that civilian volunteers with no connection to the Armed Forces would not be able to take part in the march. The Royal British Legion's assistant director of commemorative Events Bob Gamble OBE said: 'The decision to reduce the size of the civilian contingent at the March Past the Cenotaph was not taken lightly and was a matter of necessity.
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