Last week witnessed the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. News media covered events up and down the British Isles and in France, as the international community remembered the fallen.
The deployment of silent soldiers in cities was an especially poignant and powerful statement, and served to connect us all with those who were killed in this battle and throughout the Great War.
The commemorative events also connected individuals, families and communities with servicemen and women and civilians who have lost their lives in every armed conflict since.