Maybe if someone in the Ministry of Defense had been up to speed there would have been a State Funeral for the last survivour of each sevice , last Sailor, last Soldier, last member of the "Flying Corps" and even the last Front Line Nurse.
You can be sure if the last Veteran was a "Hon.Lt Col" who had succeeded to seat in the House of Lords there would be a big "Do" , but lets face it , anything more than a poxy birthday card on reaching 100 yrs fom H.M. the Queen (probably written by a £5 an hour lackey) is the most a typical Brit can or should expect even with a Socialist ....opps sorry, Nu-Labour Govt.
