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Remembrance Sunday, Glorious Dead Cenotaph, Kolkata
November 18, 2016
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Remembrance Sunday
Glorious Dead Cenotaph, Kolkata
Also see: Remembrance Sunday at St. John’s Church, Kolkata
In Remembering the terrible cost of the war, let us all work for peace and peaceful resolution of our difference.
Bruce Buckmell. British Deputy High Commissioner, Kolkata
The First World War (WWI), which was the known as the Great War of 1914 – 18, ended on 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year ie: 11:00 am of 11 Nov, 1918.
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Calcutta, Kolkata, Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday, St. John's Church, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Remembrance Sunday, St. John’s Church, Kolkata
December 30, 2015
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Remembrance Sunday, St. John’s Church, Kolkata
November 8, 2015
The First World War (WWI), which was the known as the Great War of 1914 – 18, ended on 11 November 1918 (11/11/18).
A year later in 1919 King George V inaugurated the first commemoration of the end of the Great War of 1914 – 18. Read more…