Gibraltar House marked Remembrance this year by laying wreaths at the Cenotaph in London and at the Gibraltar War Memorial in Staffordshire.

On Remembrance Sunday, 8 November, Tyrone Duarte, Executive Director at Gibraltar House, laid a wreath on behalf of Gibraltar at the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in Whitehall. He did so alongside representatives of the other British Overseas Territories.

The following day, Mr Duarte was joined by Gibraltar House colleagues in traveling to the Royal British Legion National Remembrance Gardens in Alrewas. The site was known as the National Memorial Arboretum until it was renamed on 30 September. There they laid three wreaths at the Gibraltar War Memorial, on behalf of HM Government of Gibraltar, the Royal British Legion (Gibraltar Branch) and the Friends of Gibraltar Heritage Society. They also observed a two-minute silence.

Mr Duarte, a veteran of the British Army Intelligence Corps, said: "I was deeply honoured to lay a wreath in memory of our fallen at the Cenotaph, on behalf of my fellow Gibraltarians and alongside representatives of the other British Overseas Territories."

"Similarly, the Remembrance Gardens bear witness to the sacrifice of millions of British and Commonwealth men and women, of all nationalities, races and creeds, who laid down their lives in the service of sovereign and country, for our freedoms and for their comrades. It is right that Gibraltar's fallen are remembered here, at the heart of England, with immense gratitude and profound humility. Gibraltar House will now carry out this solemn act of remembrance every year."

Anyone who would like to attend in future years, at their own expense, is welcome to contact Mr Duarte at info.london@gibraltar.gov.gi.

Notes to editors

The Gibraltar War Memorial was spearheaded by Joe Brugada and unveiled by HM Government of Gibraltar on 13 October 2015. It was carved from a six-ton block of limestone from the Rock and is dedicated to Gibraltarians who served in the Armed Forces and died in armed conflict.