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Strictly's JJ Chalmers' emotional Remembrance Sunday as he celebrated fallen friends

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Strictly star and former Royal ­Marine JJ Chalmers may have swapped the parade ground for the dance floor, but he struggles to shake off his soldier ­mentality – even wanting to salute the judges.

The TV presenter, who suffered horrific injuries in a 2011 ­Afghanistan bomb blast, likens Shirley Ballas to a brigadier and Craig ­Revel-Horwood and Motsi Mabuse to colonels.

He says: “If I pass them in the corridor, I instantly straighten up, call them ‘Sir’ and ‘Ma’am’ and I’m one step short of saluting them.

It’s how I am wired. “Coming off the dancefloor for their comments feels like a debrief after a patrol, where your bosses tell you what you did right and wrong, and where you can get better.” It has been an emotional week for JJ – real

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