Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day is November 11th. It commemorates the signing of the 1918 Armistice which ended the First World War. Commemoration and remembrance of fallen soldiers and the suffering which surrounds war and stories which mean that they should not be forgotten.

Updated October 29, 2024
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Time's echo : the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the music of remembrance
Eichler, Jeremy (Music critic)
Paper Book
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORK TIMES, NPR * WINNER OF THREE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS * Finalist for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction * A stirring account of how music bears witness to history and carries forward the memory of the wartime past * SUNDAY...
Poppy day
Wilkinson, Rick.
Paper Book
George now a columnist on the Bellarine Courier discovers through the police the scattered bones of an old murder victim, Nearby they find grainy black & white photographs and a Flanders' Badge- a flower of remembrance for those who suffered or died. The Courier which gets immersed in...
Forgotten warriors : the long history of women in combat
Percy, Sarah
Paper Book
The definitive history of women in war, revealing how women have always been an essential part of combat  From Boudicca's rebellion to the war in Ukraine, battlefields have always contained a surprising number of women. Some formed all-female armies, like...
Second Krithia : The Forgotten Anzac Battle of Gallipoli
McLachlan, Mat.
Paper Book
Gallipoli is the defining battlefield in Australian history and identity, yet the taleof the Second Battle of Krithia has existed largely in the shadows of the bigger Gallipoli story. It is, however, one of the most poignant and tragic tales of World War I, now brought to light by bestselling...

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