Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
Last night, the Speaker of the House of Commons marked 80 years since Speaker Clifton Brown relit the Ayrton Light at the top of the Elizabeth Tower signalling peace was coming to the UK and Europe. The Commons Speaker quoted the words of Speaker Clifton Brown as he announced the relighting of the Ayrton Light from the Chamber of the House of Commons in April 1945.
The Commons Speaker was joined by the last surviving member of the elite Raiding Support Regiment, John Morris (103 years), and Tony Hunt (85 years), a REME veteran who was a child in London during the blackouts of the Second World War.
Find out what Parliament is doing to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two: https://www.parliament.uk/visiting/remembering-parliaments-world-war-two-contributions/
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