“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.”
Colonel John McRae, "In Flanders Fields"
November 11th - Armistice Day, 1918.
On the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month we remember all those who have fallen.
Remembrance Day is marked annually on 11 November to commemorate the end of the First World War in 1918, followed by Remembrance Sunday.
The day is also observed to remember all those who sacrificed their lives in the war, with a 2 minute silence at 11am.
