Remembrance Day: UK gathers to pay tribute to the fallen heroes of military conflicts

[caption id=“attachment_10129851” align=“alignnone” width=“643”] People attend a Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London on Thursday. Remembrance Day is marked annually on 11 November to commemorate the end of the First World War on 11 November, 1918. The day, also known as Poppy Day, is also observed to remember all those who sacrificed their lives in the war, and other conflicts that followed it. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_10129781” align=“alignnone” width=“643”] People attend a Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London on Thursday. The day is observed with two minutes of silence at 11 am on 11 November as it marks the anniversary of the end of the First World War, when the armistice was signed between the Allied forces and Germany. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_10129751” align=“alignnone” width=“643”] British Labour Party MP and Mayor of South Yorkshire Dan Jarvis, third from left, carries a poppy wreath at the Cenotaph during a Service of Remembrance in London on Thursday. Poppy flowers holds a special significance, and is worn to show respect for all people who died fighting in the First World War as well as the conflicts that followed it. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_10129761” align=“alignnone” width=“643”] Military personnel attend a Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London on Thursday. The day was first observed in the year 1919 and was known as Armistice Day. However, the name was changed after the end of the Second World War. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_10129771” align=“alignnone” width=“643”] A military band marches by as people attend a Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London on Thursday. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_10129791” align=“alignnone” width=“643”] British Labour Party MP and Mayor of South Yorkshire Dan Jarvis lays a poppy wreath during a Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London on Thursday. AP[/caption]