Tell CWGC what #Remembranceis to you this November

This November we are starting a conversation about what Remembrance really means to people across the Commonwealth – and what it will look like in the future.

We want remembrance to be an open space for all communities and to encourage people to think of the type of remembrance they would like to see.

We believe remembrance is for everyone and over the next two weeks will be sharing online contributions from Commonwealth War Graves Commission staff, our partners and the wider public.

Around the world the theme of remembrance is marked in many different ways. Whether it’s with parades or prayer, music or memories, we want to know what remembrance means across our Commonwealth community.

Using the hashtag #Remembranceis people can share what it means to them, and see what others are saying on the CWGC website.

In the words of contributors so far:

Ken Hay, D-Day Veteran, said: Remembrance is people, men, faces. I go to the cemeteries in Normandy and I see men’s faces, and remember them as people – talking, laughing – that’s remembrance.

Selena Carty, founder of Black Poppy Rose, said: Remembrance is key to remembering how I came to be and how I continue to be in the future.

Erin Wheatley, ATC, said: Remembrance is giving respect to the generations that came before and everything that they gave for us.

As well as asking the public to get involved, we are providing schools across the UK with a special education resource, inviting young people to think about what remembrance means to them, and how different communities approach this important theme. This can be downloaded on the CWGC website.

Despite the continuing impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic, many countries are now able to host their first remembrance events since 2019.

Wherever permitted CWGC is helping groups and individuals to mark this important time of year at our cemeteries and memorials.