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The National Service of Remembrance is held every year on Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, London. It commemorates "the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts". [1] It takes place on the second Sunday in November, the Sunday nearest to 11 ...
The Cenotaph is a war memorial on Whitehall in London, England. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, it was unveiled in 1920 as the United Kingdom's national memorial to the dead of Britain and the British Empire of the First World War, was rededicated in 1946 to include those of the Second World War, and has since come to represent the Commonwealth casualties from those and subsequent conflicts.
The national ceremony is held in London at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, starting with two minutes' silence at 11am and concluding with the end of The Nation's Thank You procession at 1:30 p.m. [10] The main part of the ceremony consists of the laying of wreaths by members of the royal family and other dignitaries, a service of remembrance with ...
The number of officers on duty in London is double the usual amount, with 1,375 officers on Sunday, and the Cenotaph has a dedicated 24-hour police presence until the conclusion of Remembrance events.
Watch as Britain marks Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, commemorating British military service members who died in both World Wars and later conflicts. The nation fell silent on ...
War memorial honouring Britain’s fallen soldiers designed by Sir Edward Lutyens in 1920 and has stood as centrepiece of National Service of Remembrance ever since
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London The statue of Archbishop Makarios III near the Kykkos Monastery in Cyprus Cenotaph tombstone for Joshua Huddy, Manalapan, New Jersey Cenotaph for Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Basilique Saint-Denis, France. A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains ...
King Charles III led a moving Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London on Sunday morning (12 November). The nation fell silent at 11am, to honour those who died in conflict with a two ...