Editing Remembrance Sunday (section)

== Regional and local ceremonies ==
[[File:Remembrance Sunday parade, Oxford (6352329691).jpg|thumb|The Remembrance Sunday parade in [[Oxford]] in 2011.]]
[[File:cmglee_Cambridge_Trinity_College_Remembrance_Service_2018.jpg|thumb|upright|Remembrance Service at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] in 2018.]]
Significant ceremonies also take place in the capitals of the nations and across the regions of the United Kingdom.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8348225.stm Nation unites to remember fallen].</ref> Most notably at the [[Scottish National War Memorial]], in [[Edinburgh]] in the grounds of [[Edinburgh Castle]],<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8348515.stm Services held to honour war dead].</ref> the [[Welsh National War Memorial]] in Cardiff<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8347897.stm Army band heads remembrance event].</ref> and at the [[Northern Ireland War Memorial]] and [[The Cenotaph, Belfast|Cenotaph]] in Belfast in the grounds of the [[Belfast City Hall]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8348509.stm War dead are remembered across NI].</ref>

Typically, [[Remembrance Poppy|poppy wreaths]] are laid by representatives of [[the Crown]], the [[British Armed Forces|armed forces]], and local civic leaders, as well as by local organisations such as ex-service organisations, [[Cadets|cadet forces]], the [[The Scout Association|Scouts]], [[Girlguiding UK|Guides]], [[Boys' Brigade]], [[St John Ambulance]] and [[The Salvation Army]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hundreds turn out for Remembrance Day parade in Rugby |newspaper=[[The Rugby Advertiser]] |date=12 November 2012 |url=http://www.rugbyadvertiser.co.uk/news/hundreds-turn-out-for-remembrance-day-parade-in-rugby-1-4468602 |access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref> The start and end of the silence is often also marked by the firing of an [[artillery|artillery piece]].<ref name="BBC2016">{{cite news |title=Remembrance Sunday: Services honour war dead |date=13 November 2016 |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37965546 |access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref> A minute's or two minutes' silence is also frequently incorporated into church services.<ref name="Telegraph2017">{{cite news |date=11 November 2017 |title=Armistice Day, poppies and why the act of remembrance matters |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/what-is-armistice-day-why-do-we-wear-poppies-and-when-is-remembr/ |access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref>

A common criticism of Remembrance Sunday ceremonies and the Royal British Legion is that by focusing only on veterans and military persons who have died, the vast majority of the casualties of war (civilians) are forgotten.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/poppy-wear-why-not-remembrance-wars-soldiers-veterans-poppies-moeen-ali-a8031746.html|title=The poppy has lost its original meaning – time to ditch it|date=2017-11-01|website=The Independent|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/poppy-remebrance-sunday-young-people-millenials-refuse-to-wear-glorifies-war-a8035976.html|title=Some young people don't feel comfortable wearing a poppy – but we should all remember the history that came before us|date=2017-11-03|website=The Independent|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34720464|title=Five reasons people don't wear poppies|date=2015-11-09|access-date=2019-11-11|language=en-GB}}</ref>