The Prime Minister has paid tribute to fallen members of the Armed Forces in a podcast marking Remembrance Sunday.

The Prime Minister's statement

Each year Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day give us a chance to remember the heroes who have died in the service of this country we love.

On Wednesday we will observe two minutes’ silence on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month: the exact moment 91 years ago that the guns of the Western Front fell silent.

This year’s events will be particularly poignant because this summer we witnessed the passing of the last Tommy, Harry Patch. With his death, an entire generation has fallen silent and we have lost our living link with the momentous events which did so much to shape our nation.

And so this Armistice Day, we must make anew our promise to Harry and his comrades: that although they are gone, we will never, ever forget.

And tomorrow we will reflect not just on the soldiers of World War One, but all those brave men and women of all races and of all creeds and none who have lost their lives in the pursuit of peace and in the cause of freedom.

And I know that we will hold the men and women of our military in our prayers tomorrow as we think about all those who have been killed in Afghanistan this year - heroes who have lost their lives on Afghan streets so that we might be safer on Britain’s streets.

Each life lost represents a family in mourning - a table with an empty space this Christmas, a father who will not be there to walk his daughter down the aisle, a parent who has had to bury their child too soon and a partner who has lost the person they hoped to grow old with.

And so it is our sacred duty to celebrate the courage of the fallen; to honour their extraordinary sacrifice; and to remember them with pride.

So as you pause at home or work; or kneel in church; or stand in front of a war memorial, remember all those who “gave their tomorrow for our today”.

We owe them - and all our war dead - a debt of gratitude we can never fully repay.

My thoughts are very much with all the men and women of our Armed Forces, serving with such distinction at home and overseas, and with the families who share their hardships and the communities which sustain their mission.

Thank you for your service to the country and to us all.

You can listen to the podcast here by visiting the Number 10 website