Remembrance Day Assembly 2018

Who are we remembering on Remembrance Day? The fallen of the two World Wars World War 1: 1914 – 1918 World War 2: 1939 – 1945 Those who have died or been injured in all the conflicts since 1945

Why do we wear poppies? The Royal British Legion organises sales of the poppies every year; the money goes to help ex-servicemen and women and their families. This is to help us remember the men and women who have given their lives so that we might be free. We sell poppies every year at school.

But why poppies? World War 1 was fought mainly in France and Holland. The men fought in trenches that were like long lines dug out in the mud.

When the war ended the fields that had been all muddy and horrid during the war became covered in bright red poppies. Soldiers returned to see the trenches covered in these flowers.

Wilfred Owen Owen died aged 25 on 4 November 1918, one week before Armistice Day.

Remembrance It is right and proper that we should remember and we will remember them by Wearing our poppies with pride. Standing for two minutes in silence at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month to remember the time the guns fell silent. (Armistice Day, 11 November 1918.) (An armistice is a formal agreement for fighting to stop.)

Be still. Be silent. Show respect. Please stand Be still. Be silent. Show respect.

Britain's oldest First World War veteran Henry Allingham who died aged 112.

Extract from “For the Fallen” “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.” By Laurence Binyon