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Remembrance Sunday is held in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth as a day "to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Across The United Kingdom, Remembrance Sunday is marked by ceremonies at local war memorials in most cities, towns and villages, attended by civic dignitaries, ex-servicemen and -women (many are members of the Royal British Legion and other veterans' organisations), members of local armed forces regular and reserve units (Royal Navy and Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Marines and Royal Marines Reserve, Army and Territorial Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Auxiliary Air Force), military cadet forces (Sea Cadet Corps, Army Cadet Force and Air Training Corps as well as the Combined Cadet Force) and youth organisations (e.g. Scouts, Boys' Brigade, Girls' Brigade and Guides). Wreaths of remembrance poppies are laid on the memorials and two minutes' silence is held at 11 a.m. Church bells are usually rung half-muffled, creating a sombre effect. ==National ceremony in the United Kingdom== The national ceremony is held in London at the Cenotaph on Whitehall. It is an occasion of great solemnity. Two minutes' silence is held at 11 a.m., before the laying of the wreaths. The silence represents the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, when the guns of Europe fell silent.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Remembrance – The two minutes' silence ) 〕 This silence is marked by the firing of a field gun on Horse Guards Parade to begin and end the silence, followed by Royal Marines buglers sounding Last Post. RAF buglers sound The Rouse. The first wreath is laid by the Queen, followed by the Duke of Edinburgh. Wreaths are then laid by other members of the Royal Family including the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Princess Royal, the Duke of Kent, the Earl of Wessex, the Duke of Cambridge, the Prince Harry. Other members of the British Royal Family watch from the balcony of the Foreign Office. Some members of the Royal Family may be abroad or in other parts of the United Kingdom where they will lay wreaths at local ceremonies. Wreaths are then laid by the Prime Minister, leaders of major political parties and former Prime Ministers, the Foreign Secretary, the Commonwealth High Commissioners and representatives from the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force, the Merchant Navy and fishing fleets and the civilian services. A short religious service of remembrance is then conducted by the Bishop of London. The hymn "O God Our Help In Ages Past" is sung, led by the massed bands and the choir of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal.〔 〕 Before the ceremony, military bands (Army, Marine & RAF) play live music each year, following the list of the Traditional Music of Remembrance (see below). After the ceremony, as the bands play, a huge parade of veterans, organised by the Royal British Legion, marches past the Cenotaph. Each contingent salutes the Cenotaph as they pass and a great many wreaths are handed over to be laid at it. They salute the Cenotaph (Empty Tomb in Greek) as they are paying tribute to all those it represents, to all those who died and who lie buried elsewhere. As the veterans march back to Horse Guards Parade a member of the Royal Family takes their salute in front of the Guards Memorial. In 2014 their salute was taken by the Duke of York. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Remembrance Sunday」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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