Long hours of square-bashing and ceremonial practice by nearly 100 sailors involved in Remembrance events in London have gone smoothly at Whale Island in Portsmouth – thanks to judicious use of bananas.

The athletes’ fuel of choice was taken on board by the Senior Service to ensure that everything went according to plan at the Remembrance service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, and later at the Lord Mayor’s Show and the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.

For the full story, see December’s Navy News