Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday have been important days in the British calendar for over a century now, tracing their origins back to the end of the First World War. Despite this ...
Remembrance Day is a significant day in the ... The tradition of the two-minute silence originated a year after Armistice day (1919), when King George V arranged two-minute silence on the 11th ...
the date often referred to subsequently as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth and as Veterans Day in the United States. The first Armistice Day celebration was King George V’s “Banquet in ...
Services are being held across the two counties to mark Remembrance Day and Armistice Day. The Local Democracy Reporting Service has compiled a list of services happening around the area.
There will be parades, services and moments to reflect as cities and towns across the region mark Armistice Day on Sunday. November 10 and Remembrance Day on Monday, November 11. It will see veterans, ...
Remembrance Day and Armistice Day services will be held across towns in Northumberland. Morpeth, Hexham, and Prudhoe are among the places holding their own events over the weekend and on Monday.