Her Majesty Honours Canada's War Dead

Canada's high commissioner to the UK described the Queen's tribute in London as a touching moment. “It was extremely moving watching the names scroll down very slowly ... there was absolute silence,”

The Queen honoured Canada's war dead from the Great War today as a high-tech vigil paying tribute to some 68,000 fallen Canadians flickered onto a wall in London's celebrated Trafalgar Square.

The Duke of Edinburgh was also among those who gathered to watch the international debut of Vigile 1914-1918 Vigil, a Canadian-made dusk-to-dawn tribute that features a nightly display of the names of the fallen veterans.

The ceremony began with darkness falling on London amid the piercing notes of The Last Post, played by a lone bugler.

“Long may we all remember the multitude of Canadians, and indeed all of those who laid down their lives to defend the lives of others,” the Queen, a maple leaf brooch on her coat, told the crowd gathered at Canada House.