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Every November, the United Kingdom remembers the thousands of individuals who have died in conflict. But what is the story behind the nation collectively gathering around the Cenotaph, or the wearing of poppies and is there a difference between Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday? Find out more about the history of Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday in this dedicated hub.

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Poppies on small wooden crosses that say 'In Remembrance'

The history of Remembrance Day
A field of poppies inf ront of a blue sky

A short history of ‘In Flanders Field’: The poem that inspired the poppy appeal

History of Remembrance Day

Two poppies on a grey background

Black, white and purple: What do different colour Poppies represent?
An edited image showing an aerial view of Catwick, Yorkshire and the road sign for the village, surrounded by digitally added poppies

Doubly Thankful Villages: Lucky towns that lost no men in WW1 or WW2
The coffin of the Unknown Warrior in state in the Abbey in 1920 | Wikipedia

‘Unknown by name or rank’: The grave of the Unknown Warrior
A photograph of the new Royal British Legion paper poppy

A history of the poppy

WW1

French soldiers attacking from their trench

9 little-known facts about the Battle of Verdun
Photograph of Walter Tull and fellow WW1 officers

Walter Tull: The Tottenham trailblazer and WW1 hero
Painting of the burial of The Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey

The secret mission to select the Unknown Warrior

The Western Front

Alberich: The operation that inspired Sam Mendes' 1917

WW2

Black and white photograph of e 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, coming ashore during the Normandy Landings

The soldier awarded a Victoria Cross on D-Day
A WW1 helmet on poppies

The unbelievable wartime exploits of AD Wintle
John Jellicoe Blair and an RAF Plane

John Jellicoe Blair and the Black RAF
A photograph from the Second Battle of El Alamein

The major who led his men into battle with an umbrella