Remembrance Sunday from the Cenotaph

Streamed live 5 hours ago | Sun Nov 10, 2024 | Britain marks Remembrance Sunday, commemorating British military service members who died in both World War and later conflicts.

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King Charles and Princess of Wales attend Remembrance Sunday ceremony at Cenotaph: An unprecedented eight former prime ministers stand together in Whitehall, while 10,000 veterans march »

WWII Veterans Join King for Remembrance Ceremony at Cenotaph

World War Two veterans, who are all now in their 90s or even older, were among those gathering in Horse Guards Parade ahead of the march | REUTERS
BBC: King Charles will lead the nation in remembrance of those who lost their lives in two world wars and other conflicts at the Cenotaph in central London.

The King will be joined at the National Service of Remembrance by other members of the Royal Family, including the Prince and Princess of Wales. Queen Camilla will not be at the ceremony as she recovers from a chest infection.

Events to mark Remembrance Sunday - observed on the closest Sunday to Armistice Day - will take place around the country with two minutes of silence at 11:00 GMT to commemorate those who died in war.

The weekend's Remembrance events are the first major appearances for Catherine following her recent cancer treatment.

The King will lay the first wreath on behalf of the UK at the Cenotaph. He will be followed by Prince William and Princess Anne, then Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the country's other political leaders.

Members of the armed forces, including veterans of World War II, will then lay their wreaths.

The Princess of Wales will be watching on from the balcony of the Foreign Office. » | Jacqueline Howard, BBC News | Sunday, November 10, 2024

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Queen Elizabeth Pulls Out of Remembrance Sunday Service after Spraining Her Back

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Remembrance Sunday 2021 : Poppies in the Field

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Remembrance Sunday: Nation Falls Silent to Remember the War Dead

Veterans from the Chelsea Pensioners were among those attending the service | GETTY IMAGES
BBC: The nation has fallen silent as it remembers those who died in past conflicts this Remembrance Sunday.

The Queen is not attending the service at London's Cenotaph after spraining her back. A national two-minute silence was held at 11:00 GMT, with similar ceremonies taking place at war memorials across the country.

Events have seen the return of pre-pandemic numbers of veterans, military personnel and crowds.

The National Service of Remembrance in Whitehall was closed to the public last year, with only limited numbers taking part, because of coronavirus measures.

This year sees a return to normal, with hundreds of servicemen and women marching and lining up around the Cenotaph and nearly 10,000 veterans marching past the war memorial, watched by large crowds. » |Becky Morton | Sunday, November 14, 2021

Royal Family Lead Britain's Remembrance Sunday Tributes at Cenotaph Service

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: The Royal Family led the nation in paying respects to its war dead at the traditional wreath-laying service at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday.

Political leaders, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour's Jeremy Corbyn, took a break from election campaigning to attend the service at the memorial on Whitehall in central London.

Hundreds of armed forces personnel were also present at the occasion, alongside Cabinet ministers, religious leaders and representatives of Commonwealth nations.

As Big Ben struck 11am, a two minutes silence was observed, with its beginning and end marked by the firing of a gun by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery.

Buglers of the Royal Marines sounded the Last Post before wreaths were laid at the Cenotaph by members of the royal family, politicians, foreign representatives and senior armed forces personnel. » | Telegraph Reporters | Sunday, November 10, 2019

Remembrance Sunday 2016

Let us remember the fallen – those who sacrificed their lives for us and our freedoms

In Flanders Fields
By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders Fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders Fields.

Source: Arlington Cemetery

In Memory of the Fallen: Remembrance Sunday 2015

Remembering those who perished for our liberty; in gratitude for their sacrifice.

Time-lapse: Poppy Memorial from Dawn to Dusk

Queen Leads Remembrance Day Tributes at the Cenotaph

Watch ceremony at the Cenotaph in London where the Queen led tributes to members of the armed forces who have lost their lives fighting for the nation

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Armed Police Arrest Four Men amid Fears of Islamist Remembrance Day Terror Plot

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Armed police swoop on addresses in West London and Thames Valley just days before Remembrance Sunday, arresting four men over plans to mount an Islamist terror attack

Four suspected Islamist terrorists have been arrested by armed police on suspicion of plotting attacks in the UK – amid fears of a Remembrance Sunday plot.

Those arrested included a 19-year-old High Wycombe man who neighbours said had returned from a trip to Pakistan earlier this year and was described as having been recently radicalised.

Police would not discuss whether the men had a specific target in mind but the timing of the raids raises the prospect that they may have been planning an incident on Remembrance Sunday.

It is understood there is no direct link to Syria or the terror group Isil but one line of police inquiry is likely to examine whether the men were planning a gun attack.

The men, aged 19 to 27, were held overnight at locations across west London and High Wycombe in the Thames Valley area, Scotland Yard said. » | Patrick Sawer and Tom Whitehead | Friday, November 07, 2014

Remembrance Sunday

Remembering the fallen: The soldiers who died for the freedoms we enjoy today. R.I.P.

Remembrance Sunday 2012
Let us remember the fallen – those who sacrificed their lives for us and our freedoms

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Queen leads tributes to fallen on Remembrance Sunday: Remembrance Sunday events were being held across the country today in tribute to members of Britain and the Commonwealth's Armed Forces who have died during conflicts. ¶ The Queen attended a service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, where she laid a wreath in memory of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. ¶ She was joined by host of senior royals, Prime Minister David Cameron and leaders of opposition parties for the service, a focal point of the nation's Remembrance Sunday ceremonies. ¶ The first stroke of Big Ben at 11am and the firing of a gun from Horse Guards Parade by The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery marked the start of two minutes' silence, which was followed by The Last Post, sounded by the Buglers of the Royal Marines. » | Sunday, September 11, 2012

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH – PICTURE GALLERY: Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall attend a Remembrance Sunday service in New Zealand » | Sunday, November 11, 2012

In Flanders Fields
By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders Fields.
[Source: Arlington Cemetery]