Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday
What’s the difference between Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday? And why’s it important?
Last updated 13th Nov 2017
Every year we fall silent for two minutes on Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday. But why? And what’s the difference between the two days?
Armistice Day or Remembrance Day always falls on 11th November, which this year is a Saturday. Remembrance Day remembers the end of the fighting of World War 1 in 1918 and all the members of the armed forces who lost their lives during the war. Fighting ended with the signing of an armistice between the two sides on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, and this is why we fall silent for two minutes at 11am on the 11th of November every year. The First World War officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28th June 1919.
Where as, Remembrance Sunday changes it’s calendar date each year as it’s falls on the second Sunday of November. Remembrance Sunday remembers and honours the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.
Why is the act of Remembrance still important? Great Britain still believes strongly in remembering those who fought not only in World Wars, but the more than 12,000 British Servicemen and women killed or injured since 1945