UK commemorates Armistice Day

A few of the most concentrated and bloody fighting of the First World War took place in Flanders, a region in western Belgium.

Nearly a full century has passed since the first Remembrance Day held in Canada in 1919.

The Afghan Memorial Vigil, first erected in Kandahar, Afghanistan, to honour the soldiers, sailors and aircrew who died during Canada’s 12-year mission is missing the names of 59 Afghan veterans who committed suicide. You’d think we’d learn, but no matter what kind of government a country has, the leaders seem to love war games, even inventing reasons for it. I guess the wars have been good for the USA economy. Not only that, they appear to be skewing younger, as more and more millennials elect to spend a morning in the rain to contemplate and honour the lives of the veterans who have helped shape a safe and peaceful nation for them to grow up in.

Turkish Ambassador Selcuk Una laid a wreath on behalf of the Turkish Embassy in Canada.

“The one thing that I think everybody needs to get is just say ‘thanks.'” He encourages us all to take that moment at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month to remember.

The Joint Veterans’ Association of Manitoba is hosting Winnipeg’s largest Remembrance Day service.

Family friend David Rumball, himself an 18-year veteran of the armed forces, said that Newell was wounded three times, including one serious injury that he was lucky to survive.

“Remember that to a country much is given, much must be shared with others”, he said.

Today, Remembrance Day, is a great opportunity to recognize that Canada’s remarkable diversity is not something new but a long tradition that should be honored, and that non-white soldiers faced remarkable adversity but volunteered anyway.

“It means everything to me”, he said.

Elvington’s service of remembrance was held at the French Memorial in the village.

Finally the faint sound of drums and bagpipes could be heard, growing louder until a parade of Canadian soldiers, followed by Halton Regional Police, Oakville firefighters, RCMP officers, Knights of Columbus, scouts, cadets and local dignitaries – all made their way to the square. Buglers play the haunting melody, “The Last Post” and in silence those gathered remember the Commonwealth forces that were killed nearby almost a hundred years ago. On Monday the 9th of November this year we choose to remember our people’s participation in wars overseas.

Nanos Research conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,000 Canadians of 18 years of age or older between August 20 and 23, 2015 as part of an omnibus survey. They couldn’t believe it and yet had to keep up the fight.

Asked what his most memorable war experience was Barrett replied, “Coming home”.