Remembrance Day commemorates those who have died in wars. People wear red poppies, the symbol of Remembrance Day, to honor the soldiers who fought in World War I. During the two minutes of silence at 11am on November 11th, the country remembers all those who have suffered and died in conflicts.

1. Why We Remember Them
• What is Remembrance
Day?

2. Why We Remember Them
• Remembrance Day is a
special day in November.
• People wear a special
symbol called a poppy.
• On Remembrance Day we
remember people who
have suffered and died in
wars

3. Why We Remember Them
• One way to find out about
people who died in wars is
to visit the war memorial.
• There are names
inscribed on the memorial
of all the people who died
in the World Wars from
our area.

4. The First World War
• The First World War began in 1914
• Millions of men joined the army and went to fight in the war
• The conditions were terrible

5. The First World War
• Many Soldiers did not sleep for days at a time.
• They were tired, hungry and lonely

6. Women who Helped
• Many nurses went
to the battlefields to
care for the soldiers
who were injured.
• Many soldiers and
nurses were killed in
the war.

7. The End of the First War
• War ended at 11 0’ clock in the morning on 11th
November 1918
• Later on, people held street parties to celebrate the
end of the conflict

8. Why do We wear Poppies
on Remembrance Day?
• The paper poppies we wear on Remembrance day are
like the real poppies that grew in the battlefields of the
First World War
• Real poppies are a beautiful bright red – but they soon
die

9. Why We Remember Them
• After the battle of Somme in the First World War
Soldiers returned to see the trenches covered in bright
red poppies
• This is why the red poppy became the symbol to
remind of those who have gone

10. Why We Remember Them
• Do you know if someone from your family was a child in the
Second World War?
• Your Great Grandparents may have been evacuated to safer
places. Many children from the cities were sent to the
countryside for their protection.
• How do you think they felt, leaving their home & family behind.

11. Why We Remember Them Today
• On Remembrance Day people go to a ceremony at
their war memorial.
• If you are members of the Badgers, Brownies or Cubs
you may attend the memorial service.
• The Queen lays a poppy wreath at the London
Cenotaph. She is joined by other members of the

12. Two Minutes Silence
To Remember
• At 11 0’ clock on the 11th
day of the 11th
month people
stay silent for two minutes to remember.

13. Why you Should Wear your
Poppy with Pride
• Now you have found out about
Remembrance Day
• You know how important the symbol of the
poppy is
• Wear your poppy with pride!