Remembrance Sunday
Sixty years ago Sunday morning meant a church service for many people, but nowadays (in the UK) it's Tesco that pulls in the Sunday crowds, where today customers and staff observed the traditional two minutes silence at 11 o'clock. What was in the mind of shoppers as they stood silently next to their shopping trolleys can only be guessed, but…
Lest We Forget…
World War I ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, and Remembrance Sunday is the Sunday closest to the 11th November (Armistice Day). The Cenotaph Ceremony in London was first held in 1921 and is now an annual event that never seems to lose its sense of occasion in memory of those who died in the service of their country in both World Wars and other armed conflicts. Of course no-one does military parades better than the British.
For detailed statistics on the 'Man-made Megadeaths of the Twentieth Century' see Matthew White's source list and detailed death tolls.
Related article: Kenneth Taylor's war diary.
