Remembrance Day

Grave of a fallen soldier in World War I

First World War

“Their name liveth for evermore”: the difficult task of locating, identifying and honouring the dead of WW1

circa 1923: A Remembrance Day poster issued by the British Legion after World War One, reminding people to wear a Flanders poppy on November 11th. (Photo by Bob Thomas/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

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Why we should remember... When the paper poppy became a symbol of remembrance

Silence in Piccadilly Circus, London as people commemorate the anniversary of the end of the First World War. (Photo by Daily Mail / Rex Features)

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From the first Remembrance Day to remembrance today

Vera Brittain, who worked as a nurse during the First World War and went on to become one of the leading writers of the interwar years. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Love, loss and distorted memories

Photo of the Cenotaph in London

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Q&A When were the wreaths first laid at the Cenotaph?

Photo of a remembrance poppy

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Q&A Where do the red poppies come from?