Last Friday was the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, the bloodiest battle in history. This occasion was marked by special services in many different locations, including one in Westminster Abbey attended by the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Prime Minister, among others. The Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, said that as we remember this battle we need to be 'agents of reconciliation, rejecting those who would stir up hatred and division and instead working for the reconciliation that will ensure that our children will never have to endure what the men of the Somme so bravely endured.'