Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday 2021
On 11th November 1918, WW1 formally ended with the armistice, but although the hope was that this would mark the end of this war that in turn would end all wars was not going to be the case. Conflict and war have stayed with us throughout the decades.
Armistice Day
and Remembrance Sunday give us the opportunity to reflect on the sacrifice of
those who served our country. It allows us to take a moment to remember and
honour the memory of those who served, those who are currently serving and
those that have been lost in conflict and never came home.
The Ode
which comes from the fourth stanza of the poem ‘For the Fallen’ by Laurence
Binyon will be spoken at war memorials throughout the country.
They
shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age
shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the
going down of the sun and in the morning
We will
remember them.
Last year,
we were not able to come together to mark Remembrance Sunday, however, this
year, there is a planned National Service of Remembrance being held at The
Cenotaph in London on Sunday.