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Remembrance Sunday

In the United Kingdom United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country and sovereign state [i] tha ... 

 Remembrance Sunday is the Sunday nearest to 11 November - Remembrance Day Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day , also known as Veteran's Day , Poppy Day , and Armistice Day is a da... 

, which is the anniversary of when hostilities in the First World War World War I

World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War and "The War to End All War... 

 ended at 11 a.m in 1918. Remembrance Sunday is marked by ceremonies at local war memorials in most towns and villages, attended by civic dignitaries, ex-servicemen and women , youth organisations , and military cadet forces. Wreaths of poppies Poppy

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 are laid on the memorials and a two-minutes silence is held at 11am. The national ceremony is held at the Cenotaph Cenotaph

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 on Whitehall, London and since 2005 the women's memorial is also included.

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In the United Kingdom United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country and sovereign state [i] tha ... 

 Remembrance Sunday is the Sunday nearest to 11 November - Remembrance Day Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day , also known as Veteran's Day , Poppy Day , and Armistice Day is a da... 

, which is the anniversary of when hostilities in the First World War World War I

World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War and "The War to End All War... 

 ended at 11 a.m in 1918.

Remembrance Sunday is marked by ceremonies at local war memorials in most towns and villages, attended by civic dignitaries, ex-servicemen and women , youth organisations , and military cadet forces. Wreaths of poppies Poppy

A poppy is any of a number of showy flower [i]s, borne one per stem [i], belonging to the poppy family [i] ... 

 are laid on the memorials and a two-minutes silence is held at 11am.

The national ceremony is held at the Cenotaph Cenotaph

A cenotaph is a tomb or a monument [i] erected in honor of a person or group of persons whose remains ar... 

 on Whitehall, London and since 2005 the women's memorial is also included. The Ceremony is televised each year by the BBC from Whitehall Whitehall

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, London London

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, when wreaths are laid by the Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

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, the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

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, the Prince of Wales Charles, Prince of Wales

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, Duke of York Prince Andrew, Duke of York

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, the Princess Royal Anne, Princess Royal

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 and the Duke of Kent Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

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; the Prime Minister Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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, leaders of major political parties, the Foreign Secretary, the Commonwealth High Commissioners and representatives from the Army, Navy and the Royal Air Force, the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets and the Civilian Services. A two minutes silence is held at 11am. This silence is marked by the firing of a field gun on Horse Guards Parade to begin and end the silence, followed by Royal Marines buglers, playing the Last Post Last Post

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.

Other members of the British Royal Family British Royal Family

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 watch from the balcony of the Foreign Office.



After the Ceremony, a parade of veterans, organised by the Royal British Legion marches past the Cenotaph, each section of which lays a wreath as it passes.

From 1919 until 1945, Remembrance ceremonies was held on Armistice Day Armistice Day

Armistice Day is the anniversary of the official end of World War I [i], November 11 [i], 1918 [i]. ... 

; observance was then moved to Remembrance Sunday but since the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War World War II

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 in 1995 it has become usual to hold ceremonies on both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday.

On Remembrance Sunday in 1987, a bomb Bomb

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 exploded by the Provisional IRA Provisional Irish Republican Army

he Provisional Irish Republican Army is an Irish Republican [i] paramilitary [i] organisation which, un ... 

 killed 11 people and injured 63 in Enniskillen Enniskillen

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 .

In 2006, Chancellor of the Exchequer Chancellor of the Exchequer

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 Gordon Brown Gordon Brown

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 proposed that in addition to Remembrance Sunday, a new national day to celebrate the achievements of veterans should be instituted. The "Veterans Day", to be held in the summer, would be similar to Veterans Day celebrations in the United States.

See also

  • Remembrance Day Remembrance Day

    Remembrance Day , also known as Veteran's Day , Poppy Day , and Armistice Day is a da... 

  • silence Silence

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