Honouring the fallen | Origins of Remembrance Day

Updated November 11 2019 - 12:21pm, first published 12:12pm
Powerful symbol : The red poppies which grew on the battlefields of the Western Front and have become a symbol of remembrance for those who have fallen in war. Image: Supplied.
Powerful symbol : The red poppies which grew on the battlefields of the Western Front and have become a symbol of remembrance for those who have fallen in war. Image: Supplied.

Armistice Day - World War 1

At 11am on November 11, 1918 the guns of the Western Front fell silent after more than four years of continuous warfare.