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Remembrance Sunday

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noun

  1. Also called: Remembrance Day.  the second Sunday in November, which is the Sunday closest to November 11, the anniversary of the armistice of 1918 that ended World War I, on which the dead of both World Wars are commemorated

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Police were following reports that Carley, who had attended a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in north Wales dressed as a rear admiral, was actually an imposter.

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A man has been fined £500 after admitting to dressing as a navy admiral without permission at a Remembrance Sunday event.

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Police say a man has been arrested following an investigation into a suspected fake admiral at a Remembrance Sunday event.

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Officials are looking into whether a man who took part in a Remembrance Sunday ceremony dressed as a high-ranking navy officer was a fake.

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King Charles led the annual Remembrance Sunday commemorations, laying a wreath at the solemn ceremony held at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in central London.

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