Thanks paid to those who fell in the service of their country
On Sunday, November 14, Remembrance Sunday will pay thanks to those who fell while serving in the Armed Forces in various conflicts.
The National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in London will also be held on Remembrance Sunday.
Civic dignitaries, service men and women and members of the public will attend services nationwide while the service in London is normally attended by senior members of the Royal Family, including Her Majesty the Queen, HM Government and usually fea- tures a March Past involving 10,000 veterans.
Organisers are currently working towards business as usual for the Cenotaph Dispersal on Remembrance Sunday.
As a mark of respect and reflection, a two-minute period of silence is observed throughout the country at 11am on Remembrance Sunday and church services and other ceremonial gatherings take place during the day.
A nationally televised remembrance service, generally attended by politicians, religious leaders, military
personnel, and members of the British royal family, has been held for decades at the Cenotaph monument in central London.
After the conclusion of World War II, the British government, seeking to honour participants in both World Wars, officially replaced Armistice Day with the new
Sunday observance, which was thereafter known as Remembrance Sunday.
In 1956 the date was fixed as the second Sunday of the month. In recent years Armistice Day has been revived as an additional occasion for silence, though Remembrance Sunday remains the main day of commemoration.
The most recognizable symbolofRemembranceSunday is the red poppy.