Remembrance Day 2016

Germany signed the Armistice of Compiègne to end The Great War against the Allies at 11 a.m. Paris time on 11 November 1918 (“the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month”).  It marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany.

Since then the anniversary has been commemorated and so many lives remembered as an Angloceltic tradition – by Great Britain, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, White South Africa, Ceylon, as well as the then dominions and Crown colonies of the British Empire.  Of course it is commemorated by the two afflicted nations upon which the Western Front was fought – France and Belgium.

Other Allies who sacrificed for freedom against German tyranny include Russia, Armenia, Greece, Hejaz (part of Saudi Arabia), Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serb-Croat-Slovene state and Czechoslovakia, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro.

Since the end of World War II, Armistice Day has become known as Remembrance Day in recognition of those who have sacrificed in all wars.

 

Learn More:  http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/how-we-remember/the-story-of-the-poppy/