Remembrance Sunday national service

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commemorative ceremony national memorial service

The Remembrance Sunday national service is the United Kingdom’s principal annual ceremony of commemoration for those who have died in war, held at the Cenotaph in London and attended by the British monarch and other national leaders.

Aliases (5)

Remembrance Sunday ×4
Remembrance Sunday commemorations ×2
National Service of Remembrance ×1
Remembrance Day ceremony ×1
Remembrance Sunday parades (related ceremonial use) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commemorative ceremony → national memorial service →
attendee	British monarch → Commonwealth High Commissioners → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → leaders of major UK political parties → members of the public → religious leaders → representatives of civilian services → senior representatives of the armed forces → serving members of the armed forces → veterans →
broadcastOn	BBC radio → BBC television → other UK broadcasters →
country	United Kingdom →
dedicatedTo	civilians killed in war → members of the armed forces killed in war →
follows	Armistice Day traditions → two minutes' silence →
hasCustom	wearing of poppies by many attendees →
hasLanguage	English →
hasMainSubject	commemoration of those who died in war → remembrance of the war dead of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth →
hasPart	Kohima Epitaph → Reveille → laying of wreaths → march-past of veterans → national anthem → prayers and hymns → reading of the Exhortation "They shall grow not old" → religious service → sounding of the Last Post → two minutes' silence at 11:00 am →
hasSymbol	red remembrance poppy →
inception	20th century →
locatedIn	England → London → United Kingdom →
location	The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London →
mainSiteOf	Remembrance Sunday →
occursInMonth	November →
occursOn	Remembrance Sunday →
organizer	Ministry of Defence → Royal Household → UK government →
significance	principal annual UK ceremony of commemoration for the war dead →
significantEvent	held annually on Remembrance Sunday →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British monarch → British royal family ("Remembrance Sunday commemorations") →	ceremonialEvent
British monarchy ("Remembrance Sunday commemorations") →	ceremonialFunction
Horse Guards Parade ("Remembrance Sunday parades (related ceremonial use)") →	eventHosted
Remembrance Sunday national service ("Remembrance Sunday") →	mainSiteOf
Enniskillen bombing ("Remembrance Sunday") →	occasion
Remembrance Sunday national service ("Remembrance Sunday") →	occursOn
Armistice Day ("Remembrance Sunday") →	relatedTo
Enniskillen bombing ("Remembrance Day ceremony") →	target
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London ("National Service of Remembrance") →	usedFor