Hundreds of veterans and their families joined dignitaries led by the Queen to commemorate the 16,000 Service personnel killed since the Second World War.rnIn an event to mark the unveiling of the new Armed Forces Memorial in Staffordshire there were tributes to the fallen and time to reflect on operations past and present.rnThe VIP guest list included Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Defence Secretary Des Browne, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.rnAlso at the ceremony was five-year-old Alex Wall (pictured right), whose father Colin Wall, a warrant officer in the Royal Military Police, was killed during an attack by gunmen on a British Army vehicle in Basra in August 2003.rnIn leading the tributes during the unveiling ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, the Chief of the Defence Staff, said the Forces had an "unmatched reputation" and that people were proud of them.
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