Remembrance Day 2021
Each year, we gather to remember all those who served our country during times of war, conflict and peace.
Western’s in-person and virtual Remembrance Day ceremony, hosted by the University Students’ Council, will take place in the McKellar room (UCC) at 10:45 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. with a pause for moment of silence at 11 a.m.
The ceremony will include musical performances, poetry, remembrance of the No. 2 Construction Battalion, artifacts, and remarks. All campus community members including students, employees and members of the public are invited to attend. Health screening and proof of vaccination will be required.
The ceremony will also be available virtually. The Zoom link is: https://zoom.us/j/98049138090
This year is the centenary of the Royal Canadian Legion's poppy appeal. We can show our support by wearing a poppy on our lapel or supporting the poppy campaign.
Affiliate university college virtual ceremonies on November 11:
Huron will host a Remembrance Day ceremony November 11 at 1045hrs. A bugler will sound last post and reveille. A piper will play the lament.
The ceremony will be broadcast virtually at https://youtu.be/601RQ2lmUoc. Students, staff and faculty are welcome to gather in the theatre of the New Academic Building to watch the virtual broadcast.
King’s annual Remembrance Day service will be held at 10:45 a.m.
This year’s ceremony will consist of a piper, bugler and the King’s Chamber Choir in a ceremony led by Fr. Paul Kim at the flagpoles in front of Wemple
First World War
J.C. Forsyth
D.G.K. Garrett
William Griffiths
T.R. Guilfoyle
E.F. Johnston
C.F. Jones
R.J. Kain
R.G.C. Kelly
A.C. McCormack
Nursing Sister Agnes McDougall
A.E. McKay
G.B. Patterson
Harold Payne
W.F.D. Smith
Private E. Spring
J.M. Young
Nursing Sister Anna Elizabeth Whitely
Second World War
H.G. Anderson
A.D.G. Bell
N.H. Bier
G.S. Blake
W.L. Brown
J. Brunette
A.M. Burslem
B.A. Casey
E.M. Childs
G.K. Coates
J.W. Colburn
R.D. Crone
P.H. Cronyn
D.E. Derbyshire
H.A. Deviney
H.D. Durrant
G.A. Eaton
L.A. Elliott
A.McD. Ferguson
W.L. Ferguson
F.L. Fisher
D.F. French
W.H. Fuller
J.E. Gaunt
A.U. Gilles
J.D. Gray
G.L. Hall
E.J. Hanley
W.J. Hartry
J.F. Harvey
L.C. Hillis
A.D. Hone
H.D. Hooper
J.B. Hunt
W.D. Irwin
S.W. Jones
W.D. Lawrence
A.O. Learmonth
J.G. Lee
P.O. Lee
H.F.L. Longworth
R.A. Luard
I. MacKenzie
K. MacLean
J.Y. Marshall
W.B. McManus
R.S. Morgan
E.G. Nelson
G.S. Oliphant
R.J. Painton
J.R. Paisley
J.G.L. Partridge
N.G. Pearce
H.C. Phillips
R.N. Pole
G.A. Ponsford
W.A. Reason
J.N. Richardson
W.A. Rider
F.V. Robinson
S.A. Sanderson
W.J. Shapter
J.B. Smith
L.M. Spry
W.J. Stevenson
A. Stewart
D. Vail
S.L. Valeriote
E.G. Venus
H.A. Wills
R. Wilson
T.E. Woolley
C.A. Wright
F.C. Zurbrigg
What is Remembrance Day?
Observed in Commonwealth countries, Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day or Armistice Day) was established at the end of the First World War to remember members of the armed forces who have died in the line of duty. In Canada, the Armistice Day Act provided that Thanksgiving would be observed on Armistice Day, which was fixed by statute on the Monday of the week in which Nov. 11 fell, from 1921-30. In 1931, the act was amended to establish Nov. 11 as Remembrance Day.
Did you know?
Western lowers the flag on University College from sun-up to sun-down each Remembrance Day.