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  2. Honouring the fallen. After the First World War, British society had to come to terms with the loss of huge numbers of its service personnel. In homes, villages, towns and cities across the country, people found ways to commemorate the fallen at a local level.

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  3. Remembrance honours those who serve to defend our democratic freedoms and way of life. We unite across faiths, cultures and backgrounds to remember the service and sacrifice of the Armed Forces community from United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. We will remember them.

  4. Nov 4, 2014 · The primary purposes of institutional war remembrance are twofold. One is to remember and honour those, mainly the military, who have lost their lives in war. The other is to recognize that the country needs others to continue to offer themselves forward to fight in future.

  5. May 26, 2016 · Here are the ways that nine different countries observe and remember those who never returned home from the battlefield. France. Armistice Day in France is observed with moment of silence at 11 a...

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  6. Nov 11, 2020 · Remembrance each year honours the members of the Armed Forces who have served their country and pays respects to the fallen who have given their lives in defence of our democratic freedoms. The nation's traditional, favourite poems for Remembrance are recited each year as part of the commemorative services. Poetry is one of the many forms of ...

  7. Honoring those who fought and died in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. Home. NATO Kosovo Force. Operation Allies Refuge. Operation Enduring Freedom.

  8. Historically, to mark the location of fallen soldiers on the battlefield, their comrades would bayonet a rifle into the dirt. This has evolved into a traditional symbol honoring fallen...