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The eleventh hour of the eleventh day
of the eleventh month marks the signing
of the Armistice, on 11th November 1918,
to signal the end of World War One. At 11
am on 11 November 1918 the guns of the
Western Front fell silent after more than
four years of continuous warfare.
What is Remembrance Day?
It is a special day set aside to remember
all those men and women who were killed
during the two World Wars and other conflicts.
At one time the day was known as
Armistice Day and was renamed Remembrance
Day after the World War
II. More than one million men and women
from Britain and the Commonwealth died
in World War I between 1914 and 1918,
and nearly 500,000 in World War II from
1939 to 1945.
Remembrance Sunday is held on the
second Sunday in November, which is usually
the Sunday nearest to 11 November.
Special services are held at war memorials
and churches all over Britain and other
parts of the world.
A national ceremony takes place at the
Cenotaph in London when the Queen lays
the first wreath, followed by other adult
members of the immediate Royal Family,
who bow if in civilian dress, or salute
if in military uniform. The next to lay their
wreaths are the Prime Minister, the leader
of the Opposition and leaders of other political
parties. They are followed by other
people laying wreaths. The ceremony ends
with a march past of war veterans; a poignant
gesture of respect for their fallen
comrades.
Wreaths are laid beside other war memorials
by companies, clubs and societies.
People also leave small wooden crosses by
the memorials in remembrance of family
members who died during one of the wars.
Two minute silence
At 11am on each Remembrance Sunday
a two minute silence is observed at war
memorials and other public spaces across
the UK and much of the world.
The First Two Minute Silence in London
(11th November 1919) as reported in
the Manchester Guardian, 12th November
1919.
‘The first stroke of eleven produced a magical
effect.
The tram cars glided into stillness, motors
ceased to cough and fume, and stopped
dead, and the mighty-limbed dray horses
hunched back upon their loads and stopped
also, seeming to do it of their own volition.
Someone took off his hat, and with a nervous
hesitancy the rest of the men bowed
their heads also. Here and there an old
soldier could be detected slipping unconsciously
into the posture of ‘attention’. An
elderly woman, not far away, wiped her
eyes, and the man beside her looked white
and stern. Everyone stood very still ... The
hush deepened. It had spread over the
whole city and become so pronounced as
to impress one with a sense of audibility. It
was a silence which was almost pain ... And
the spirit of memory brooded over it all.’
The ‘Last Post’
The ‘Last Post’ is traditionally played to
introduce the two minute silence in Remembrance
Day ceremonies. It is usually
played on a bugle. In military life, ‘The
Last Post’ marks the end of the day and
the final farewell. The sounding of “Reveille”
ends the two minute silence, followed
by the recitation of the “Ode of Remembrance.”
A poem called ‘For the Fallen’ is often
read aloud during the ceremony; the most
famous stanza of which reads:
“They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We will remember them.”
Poppy Day
Remembrance Day is also known as Poppy
Day, because it is traditional to wear an
artificial poppy. They are sold by the Royal
British Legion, a charity dedicated to helping
war veterans and their dependants.
Why is the poppy a symbol of remembrance?
Why do we wear a poppy?
Some of the bloodiest fighting during
World War I was in Flanders, Belgium. Everywhere
was devastated and all that remained
was a sea of mud. The only thing
to survive these conditions was the poppy
once the warmer weather arrived, giving
the fighters reassurance that there was life
and hope. Poppy seeds can lay dormant for
years, but if the soil is disturbed, the seeds
come to life to produce the most spectacular
display of red flowers. Throughout the
world, the poppy has become a symbol of
remembrance and respect for all who have
given their lives to make the world a freer
place to live.
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