Remembrance Day is observed on November 11 as hostilities formally ended ‘at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month’ of 1918.
Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed since the end of the First World War in 1919 to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty
![Wreath laying at the Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph, November 11, 2003](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjJiZTkyNDRlLTYzODktNGIxZS04MzlkLTk5OWRkZWRlZmVmZjoxMzJkYTA2MS1kYTY1LTQyM2YtYjMwMi05MTM2MGVlMDlhNjQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Laying the wreaths
Wreath laying at the Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph, November 11, 2003 Photo: Dennis Lound
![Pictured in Sheffield city centre at the National Day of Remembrance. Seen is the parade as it makes it's way into Barkers Pool, November 12, 2007](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjA3M2I1NDc0LTE2MzgtNGQyOS05NjI1LTkyYjgyMjVmOTMxOTo1NzI1Y2ZkMy1hZWY3LTRlYWYtYmI5Ny01NWU2NGFlMGQ1MTE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Parade
Pictured in Sheffield city centre at the National Day of Remembrance. Seen is the parade as it makes it's way into Barkers Pool, November 12, 2007 Photo: Mike waistell
![The parade leaves Barkers Pool on Remembrance Sunday, November 10, 2002](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjI5MDE4YTQ2LTRhNzYtNDIxMS1iYWRjLTI5YmVkNDcyMzdhMTo5N2I4NzlhNS1jM2E3LTQxMDctYjVhZC0xMTM1MTlmNWY4ZmU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Leaving the Cenotaph
The parade leaves Barkers Pool on Remembrance Sunday, November 10, 2002 Photo: Stuart Hastings
![Pictured in Sheffield city centre at the National Day of Remembrance. Seen are civic leaders and officials at the service in Barkers Pool, November 12, 2007](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmI1OTRmMmNmLTMyOWMtNDQzNC1hOWRmLTcxY2ZlODdiMzQzYTpiOTY2OTI4ZS1iY2ZmLTRjODUtOGNlMS04NWFkZjVmOTMzYTM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Civic leaders and officials
Pictured in Sheffield city centre at the National Day of Remembrance. Seen are civic leaders and officials at the service in Barkers Pool, November 12, 2007 Photo: Mike waistell