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Special Feature: Remembrance Sunday
A special week of features about life in the forces in the run-up to Remembrance Sunday, November 11.
A special week of features about life in the forces in the run-up to Remembrance Sunday, November 11.Monday, November 12: City falls silent to remember our war dead
War veterans wiped away tears as they joined hundreds of people in Peterborough city centre to remember those who died fighting for their country. Watch video of Remembrance Day in Peterborough.
Friday, November 9: Not going to buy a poppy this year? Maybe Daniel's shocking story will change your mind
Behind every report of soldiers "seriously injured" there are young men whose lives have been changed forever as Jemma Walton reports.
Thursday, November 8: TA is an important part of our nation's modern armed forces
Today's TA soldiers are highly trained and liable to be called up to serve in conflict zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Hannah Gray speaks to three soldiers about life in the modern TA.
Wednesday, November 7: Jemma Walton meets David Gray who has painstakingly researched the first-ever list of the men who fell in the First and Second World Wars. And in setting up a website and writing books on the topic he has slowly pieced together a gritty picture of what life was like in wartime Peterborough.
Tuesday, November 6: Video: The British Legion
We all know that Poppy Day raises money for the Royal British Legion – but just what does the Legion do? Jemma Walton spoke to some of the people who have benefited from its help, and met some of the city's poppy sellers.
Monday, November 5: Coping can prove an ordeal for ones who are left at home
Everybody can imagine that life for our service men and women can be tough. But what about those left behind? ET features writer Hannah Gray talks to a mother and a girlfriend of a soldier to find out how they coped and tells her own story: 'Even the much longed-for phone calls were difficult'.
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