Guidance, seen by The Telegraph, is part of push across Armed Forces by MoD to encourage diversity and inclusion
The Army has told soldiers to avoid “religious elements” in Acts of Remembrance on Armistice Day, documents seen by The Telegraph reveal.
The Army’s “Policy, Guidance and Instructions on Inclusive Behaviours”, published in June 2022, states that “Acts of Remembrance, on Armistice Day and others, should be inclusive and seek to avoid being conducted as a wholly religious event”.
The guidance continues: “Acts of Remembrance should be agnostic of religious elements and separated from Remembrance Services. This may be achieved by holding a religious service after the Act of Remembrance.”
The many thousands of Brit soldiers who gave their lives in battle were for the most part Christian.
To deny the dead religious observance is deeply disrespectful of their sacrifice.
