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Donald Poole, also aged 101, who served with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, wanted to "pay tribute to the poor souls who have died in all conflicts and I know how lucky I am to still be here".
That was a reminder that as well as the military veterans, the commemoration by the Cenotaph brings together representatives of other types of service.
There were police, fire brigades, ambulance staff, transport workers and coastguards laying wreaths and marching.
The Remembrance service is a time to pause in a noisy world. There's the two-minute silence and then the Last Post played by a bugler, reverberating around Westminster rather than the usual roar of traffic.