Scotland has a complex, proud, glorious and tragic military history. Unsurprisingly, it is a major focus of our work.

In Edinburgh to present the Commission’s work to Members of the Scottish Parliament.

And the teams who fulfil our core purpose in 23,000 places in 153 countries - here at Tyne Cot cemetery near Ieper in Belgium - are themselves professional and utterly committed. Speak to them, and it’s clear how much the core purpose means to them and their motivation at work.

It’s not only right to honour the fallen in this way, it is also important to highlight this colossal loss - the 1.7m fallen - to tell future generations about the human cost of war. The value of that message rises in line with the increasing uncertainty of our times.

So why is the CWGC.org doing such a fantastic job? For a start, it has an immensely noble core purpose.