Remembrance Sunday.

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Today marked the occasion throughout the UK of Remembrance Sunday. The whole of the country from small villages to towns and cities including London mark this day by laying poppy wreaths at the cenotaph. The Queen attended the Cenotaph in Whitehall this morning and laid a wreath on behalf of the Nation to remember those lost in wars. Originally it was to remember the 1st world war but now it is also for subsequent wars whether as far back as the 2nd world war up to recent times. All wars are terrible with a terrible waste of life not just for our own war dead or injured but also the supposed enemy. Afterall they are someones brother, sister, son, brother, daughter, father, mother, cousin friend. When one is killed in action the ripple effect goes on and on and affects many. We wear a poppy as a matter of respect to those who have lost their lives. They are made by the Royal British Legion an organisation that takes care of servicemen and women and their families who have been in the forces and have been injured or killed. On Wednesday 11th Of the 11th Month at 11AM the country will also hold a two minutes silence in memory of the ending of World War 1. Radio stations fall silent train stations come to a standstill and some shops close their tills for the two minute silence. The poppy is the symbol of the Royal British legion and came about because of the thousands of poppies that grew on the Fields of Flanders where many lost their lives. The photo is of a memorial and a tree decorated with poppies. Sadly the tree blew down in a storm shortly after I took this photo and blocked the road.