“We will remember them” Remembrance Sunday “We will remember them”

During the First World War, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent after more than four years of continuous warfare. In many parts of the world, people observe a two-minute of silence at 11am on 11 November. 

The Poppy A symbol of remembrance During the First World War the battleground of Flanders was fought over so many times, that in the end not a tree, not a hedge, nor a house was left standing The only thing which would grow there was the Poppy.

The Poppy The poppy became much loved by the soldiers. It filled them with hope. It made them think about home and freedom.

In Flanders’ Fields by John McCrae - Ypres 1915 In Flanders’fields the poppies grow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place: and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders’ fields Take up our quarrel with the foe; To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high, If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

Miss Moina Michael Miss Moina Michael was so moved by John McCrae’s poem that she decided to sell poppies to help raise money for people who had lost loved ones in the war and to help the thousands who were returning from the war.

Remember Since 1945 there has only been one year when a member of the British Armed Forces has not been killed.

Winston Churchill “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” 20th August 1940

We will remember them Life is precious and so is our freedom. Help us to understand that we are the caretakers of world peace in the future and that this has been paid for with the lives of many brave people who do not deserve to be forgotten

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.