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The National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in London is held on Remembrance Sunday, the second Sunday in November. The service is attended by senior members of the Royal Family, including His Majesty The King, HM Government and features a March Past involving 10,000 veterans.
It is held on the second Sunday in November (the Sunday nearest to 11 November, Armistice Day, [2] the anniversary of the end of hostilities in World War I in 1918). Remembrance Sunday, within the Church of England, falls in the liturgical period of Allsaintstide. [3]
The National Service of Remembrance, held at The Cenotaph in Whitehall on Remembrance Sunday, provides the nation with a physical reminder of all those who have served and sacrificed, with British and Commonwealth soldiers, sailors, airmen and women represented, together with members of the emergency services and civilians, ensuring that no-one ...
Nov 11, 2021 · When is Remembrance Sunday? Remembrance Sunday - observed on the closest Sunday to Armistice Day - features the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in London. It will be held this...
Oct 27, 2023 · Towns around the UK will mark Remembrance Sunday on 12 November to remember those who have lost their lives in wars.
Nov 11, 2022 · Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day, commemorates the end of World War One when an agreement to stop fighting was reached on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month in 1918. It...
Nov 11, 2017 · In Britain 1939, the two minute silence of Armistice Day was moved to the nearest Sunday to 11 November, so it would not conflict with wartime production. This tradition was continued after World War Two – with Remembrance Sunday being a commemoration for all those who had made sacrifices in war.
