For more than 90 years Britons have fallen silent at 11am every Armistice Day in remembrance of the nationÕs war dead. The day marks the anniversary of the end of the First World War. The First World War armistice came into effect at 11am on 11 November 1918, the Ôeleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh monthÕ.

Armistice or Remembrance Day is also known as Poppy Day. The poppy is a symbol of remembrance which is said to have started during WWI when Flanders, the western part of Beligum saw the most concentrated and bloodiest fighting. There was complete devastation and a lot of lives lost and the only living thing that survived were the poppies. The poppies - flowering each year with the coming of warm weather brought life and hope to those still fighting.