While we will mark the two minutes silence on 11th Novemeber as usual, Remembrance Sunday this year falls on 8th. Join us at 9.30 and 10.45.
Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday are two opportunities to remember and honour the service and sacrifice of military personnel, veterans and civilians from Britain and the Commonwealth who have died or suffered in war and armed conflict.
The 11:00 AM Armistice: Hostilities formally ceased at 11:00 a.m. in 1918 after an armistice (ceasefire) agreement was signed in a railway carriage at Compiègne, France.
Origin of the Two-Minute Silence: King George V proposed the first two-minute silence in 1919 so that the nation could pause in "perfect stillness" to remember the fallen.
In Flanders Fields: The red poppy symbol was inspired by the 1915 poem "In Flanders Fields" written by Canadian military physician Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, who noticed poppies blooming across soldiers' graves
Meaning of "Cenotaph": The central London war memorial is called the Cenotaph—a Greek word combining kenos (empty) and taphos (tomb)—signifying a monument to those whose bodies are buried elsewhere.
The First Poppy Appeal: The Royal British Legion launched its first official Poppy Appeal in 1921 to sell artificial poppies made by disabled veterans to raise funds for ex-service members and their families