Remembrance Sunday
Veterans living at Royal Star & Garter’s care homes attended the Cenotaph service in London on 12 November. World War Two veteran Ken, who lives at Royal Star & Garter in High Wycombe, is pictured with a wreath at the Cenotaph.
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