When is Remembrance Sunday 2016 and what is Armistice Day?
HELD on the second Sunday in November every year, Remembrance Sunday commemorates the agreement to end fighting during the First World War in 1918.
Aside from poppies being sold and two-minute silences, what is the meaning behind the day?
Is there a difference between Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday?
In short - yes there is.
Armistice Day, which also referred to as Remembrance Day, is November 11 itself.
This year the 11th day in November falls on a Friday.
A two-minute silence is often acknowledged at schools, offices and churches up and down the country.
Remembrance Sunday however, is held on the second Sunday in November and this year will take place on Sunday, November 13.
A National Service of Remembrance is held at The Cenotaph in Whitehall in London.
Members of the Royal Family and the government attend the service alongside representatives from the Armed Forces and the public.
Another two-minute silence is held at 11am before a number of wreaths are laid down.
The Royal Marines buglers usually sound The Last Post.
Furthermore a number of veterans take part in a march past The Cenotaph.
What is Armistice Day and why is it remembered?
The day remembers the agreement between the Allies and Germany on November 11 1918 to stop fighting which marked victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany.
It was signed in Compiegne in Northern France and came into effect at 11am.
The armistice forced the Germans to evacuate invaded countries and territories within two weeks.
They also had to surrender a significant amount of war material, including five thousand guns, 25,000 machine guns, 1,700 planes.
Germany, exhausted by war and with a nation of hungry citizens, reluctantly accepted the terms.
Although hostilities continued in some areas, the armistice essentially brought an end to fours years of fighting in the First World War.
Why do we wear poppies?
In the run up to Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday, you will often spot veterans selling poppies at a number of locations across the country.
The reason poppies are used is because they are the flowers which grew on the battlefields after the First World War ended.
Poppies are also used to raise money for servicemen and women who are still alive but whose lives have been changed by war.
The charity that runs the Poppy Appeal is called The Royal British Legion.
Why do we have a two-minute silence?
The silence is meant to be time for people to remember those who lost their lives fighting for their country.
According to reports, in a letter published in the London Evening News on 8 May 1919, an Australian journalist, Edward George Honey, had proposed a respectful silence to remember those who had given their lives in the First World War.
This was brought to the attention of King George V and on 7 November 1919, the King issued a proclamation which called for a two minute silence.
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