Veterans make their way after Remembrance Sunday ceremony in central London. 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; and is designed to to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.