Tag: Remembrance Day

• Thursday, November 16th 2023 - 07:48 UTC

  Falklands commemorated Remembrance Day on Sunday 12th November

  

  Sunday 12th November was Remembrance Sunday in the Falklands, and the occasion was commemorated with an annual service recalling the 105th anniversary of the end of the First World War, beginning with a service at Christ Church Cathedral in Stanley.

• Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 06:46 UTC

  Princess Anne leads Remembrance ceremony at Falklands Liberation Memorial

  

  Busy agenda for Princess Anne on her first day of activities in the Falkland Islands, where she arrived on Thursday for a six-day visit. In a beautiful sunny Friday morning Princess Royal, marked the 40th anniversary of the Falklands' conflict with a special wreath-laying ceremony at the 1982 Liberation Memorial in Stanley.

• Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:44 UTC

  Hundreds attended Remembrance Sunday commemoration in the Falklands

  

  As planned Remembrance Sunday, 13 November in the Falkland Islands was joined by a huge crowd of residents and broadcast live to the UK, since some 130 Falklands War Veterans and next of kin were in the Islands for the first time since the end of the conflict in 1982.

• Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Charles leads Remembrance as King; Falklands present at the Cenotaph with a floral wreath

  

  King Charles III led the Remembrance Sunday service at London's Cenotaph for the first time as monarch to honor Britain's war dead and in a special year, marking the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War.

• Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Remembrance Sunday Service 13 November in the Falklands, broadcast live to UK

  

  The Government of the Falkland Islands has announced the arrangements for Sunday 13 November 2022, Remembrance Sunday, which on this occasion will be a very special Remembrance service since it will be broadcast live from the Falkland Islands, at 13:35 UK time.

• Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Commemorative flight for 130 Falklands Veterans and next of kin, first time in the Islands in forty years

  

  Many Veterans and relatives who lost loved ones in the Falklands war are back in the Islands, for the first time in four decades, in a commemorative flight funded by the UK Ministry of Defense. The 130 travelers will mark the conflict's fortieth anniversary Sunday 13 November at Remembrance Day in the City of Stanley.

• Friday, November 11th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Falklands Veterans mark the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of the Islands

  

  The following arrangements have been made for Friday 11 November 2022 to enable Veterans of the Falkland Islands to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 08:11 UTC

  Falklands' Representative marks century of Remembrance with Speaker of Commons

  

  The Falkland Islands Representative, Richard Hyslop, joined the Speaker of the UK House of Commons at the planting of the first-ever ‘Constituency Garden of Remembrance’ in London.

• Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  “Tommy” soldier silhouettes to commemorate Remembrance and Falklands' war 40th anniversary

  

  More than 100 'Tommy' soldier silhouette figures have been installed at Victory Green in the Falkland Islands' capital Port Stanley as part of the Remembrance Observance Day and the 40th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict next year.

• Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Falklands' annual service of Remembrance will take place Sunday 14 November

  

  Gilbert House in the Falkland Islands has announced the arrangements for Sunday, 14 November 2021, Remembrance Sunday. The Annual Service of Remembrance, this year commemorating the 103rd anniversary of the end of the First World War, will be held in Christ Church Cathedral commencing at 9.30 am.