Royal British Legion
Since 2002 the Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch he has been the National Chaplain to the Royal British Legion.
In addition to supporting the work of the British Legion, he has a responsibility for conducting the Service of Remembrance at the Albert Hall which takes place in the presence of HM the Queen and other senior members of the Royal family.
The service includes music tributes, readings, prayers and the traditional silence and poppy drop. Click the video link below to see the poppy drop. Click here for a report on the service.
The Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch was chosen as National Chaplain for the British Legion because his father was killed in action in 1943, flying a Lancaster bomber over Holland.
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Some facts
One in six of the British population was eligible for support from the British Legion because they or their relatives had been bereaved or suffered through warfare.
The two minutes’ silence, at 11am on the 11 November commemorating the Armistice in 1918, was still relevant to most British people, suggested a survey of 1500 adults conducted by YouGov on behalf of the British Legion in 2006. Eighty-five per cent said it was relevant today.
Among the 18- to 29-year-olds, 81 per cent thought this year’s silence would be relevant for them. More than half those surveyed said they would be thinking of all conflicts, past and present. Those aged above 50 were most likely to think of those who had given their lives during the First and Second World Wars.
Church Times Article on the role of the Chaplain here.
