Then far off in the distance came the report of a lone bugler, a WW II veteran in full uniform, whose notes echoed to rest on the graves of the fallen, but not forgotten.

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Surrounded by the flags of all 28 NATO member states, a lone military bugler played a tune before the place fell silent in memory of the fallen.

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Mr Miller, 88, from Portsmouth, said he also applied to join HMS Barham as a bugler but was turned down as he had a gap in his teeth which meant he was unable to play.

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Dennis Miller, whose twin brother George was killed in 1941 while serving as a Boy Bugler on board HMS Barham, was a special guest at the unveiling.

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Even the bugler is wearing a red poncho as he blows the call to the post in the early races.

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At the end of the service a bugler from the Royal Marine Band Service played the Last Post and Reveille.

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Oliver Willcox Norton, a bugler under Butterfield's command.

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It features a larger-than-life statue of a DLI bugler dressed in the combat uniform of the Korean War.

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