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unusual facts about Remembrance Sunday


Tippet

Clergy who are entitled to wear medals, orders or awards may fix them to the upper left side of the tippet on suitable occasions (Remembrance Sunday for example).


Independent Radio News

The 11:00 bulletin on Remembrance Sunday includes coverage of the national two minutes silence at the Cenotaph in London.

Kimbolton School

On average, at least 2 members of each year group go on to join one of the British Armed Forces; the school has a long-standing tradition of inviting one of these Old Kimboltonians back to the take the salute on Remembrance Sunday each year as the Contingent marches through Kimbolton.

Law, Dundee

The memorial is lit with a large flame at its top on a number of significant days, viz: 25 September (in memory of the Battle of Loos - in which many members of the local Black Watch regiment lost their lives), 24 October (United Nations Day), 11 November (Armistice Day) and Remembrance Sunday


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Ceremonial Squadron

Ceremonial Squadron performs at public duties such as Remembrance Sunday at Cenotaph, National Day Flag Raising at the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence and other major public performances such as Solar Project and the Aviation Day were under its scope.

Methodist Church in Ireland

Gordon Wilson, a member of the Church was the father of Marie Wilson, one of 11 victims of the Enniskillen Remembrance Sunday Parade bombing by the Provisional IRA.

Rudyard Kipling: A Remembrance Tale

It is one in a series of annual Remembrance Sunday documentaries, followed by Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale (2007) and A Woman in Love and War: Vera Brittain (2008).

St Olave's Church, York

In addition the orchestra of the Academy of St Olave's performs three concerts each year and plays for one orchestral Mass on Remembrance Sunday.