Variety #176 - Fr Agnellus in St Joseph's ( 05min) Play br Ave Maria! br In the United Kingdom, 'Remembrance Sunday' is held on the second Sunday in November, which is the Sunday nearest to 11 November Armistice Day. It is the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War at 11 a.m. in 1918, to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and in the two World Wars and later conflicts.