This parliamentary milestone seems like an opportune moment to share our assistant editor @kathrynrix.bsky.social's research on the 23 parliamentarians commemorated in the Commons chamber for their deaths while on Second World War service: historyofparliament.com/2025/11/07/m...
Ahead of Remembrance Day, and with 2025 marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War, Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of our House of Commons,
The last remaining person in Parliament who served in the Armed Forces in the Second World War retired on Wednesday.
Labour peer Lord Christopher, aged 101, bowed out, 81 years after WWII ended.