Sarah Ingham: We remember them, but we aren't funding them properly

Sarah Ingham: We remember them, but we aren't funding them properly

Dr Sarah Ingham is the author of The Military Covenant: its impact on civil-military relations in Britain. On Sunday the annual Service of Remembrance will take place in Whitehall. The Two-Minute Silence beginning precisely at 11 o’clock with the toll from Big Ben, the bugle, the distant echo of gun salutes and Elgar’s “Nimrod” all combine to create a solemn soundscape as Britain honours the war dead. The ceremonial that has grown up around the …