Remembrance Sunday

Remembrance Sunday is held in the United Kingdom as a day to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts. It is held on the second Sunday in November, the Sunday nearest to 11 November, Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of hostilities in World War I in 1918.
The first UK commemoration of the end of the First World War took place at Buckingham Palace, with King George V hosting a "Banquet in Honour of The President of the French Republic" in the evening of 10 November 1919. The first official Armistice Day events were subsequently held in the grounds of the Palace on the morning of 11 November 1919, which included a two-minute silence at 11am as a mark of respect for those who died in the war and those left behind.
I understand there are several strong feelings about this tradition because for some, Armistice Day was a day for recognising the horrors of war, never to be repeated, and there has been criticism that the focus on veterans and military persons who have died, means the vast majority of the casualties of war (civilians) are forgotten.

Poppies were a common sight, especially on the Western Front. They flourished in the soil churned up by the fighting and shelling. The flower provided Canadian doctor John McCrae with inspiration for his poem 'In Flanders Fields', which he wrote whilst serving in Ypres in 1915. Starting in 1921, the Royal British Legion began selling Remembrance poppies to raise funds for ex-servicemen. Personally. I always buy a poppy and observe the two minute silence both on the 11th and the nearest Sunday. Like many others, the day symbolises the honour of military service, and the debt of gratitude we owe to everyone who fought against those tyrants who would oppress our rights and freedoms. I know there’s a tradition at St May’s Church in Warwick of displaying knitted poppies, and have seen something similar in Nuneaton, however, it seems to have caught on in many towns.

It's no accident that I’m releasing the second Time Doctors boxset, Recovery, on 11/11/25. Throughout the series, great importance is set on multiples of 11 – a power number. But the tension and adventure really ramps up as our intrepid team meet dragons, anngry dwarves and monsters in their D&D missions, while contending with conspiracies, threatening adversaries and a traitor in their midst.