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Armistice Day, international holiday observed each year on November 11 to commemorate the end of World War I. The titular armistice was signed at 5:45 am on November 11, 1918, at Compiègne, in the region of Picardy, France. The agreement took effect at 11:00 am, thus officially ending the war on
A Colchester historian and author brings a collection of Remembrance poppies to be displayed at a charity shop.
The Remembrance Day symbolism of the poppy started with a poem written by a World War I brigade surgeon who was struck by the sight of the red flowers growing on a ravaged battlefield.
In line with the government's ban on single-use plastics, a new 100 per cent paper version of the embalm officially goes on sale today.