The remarkable story of how people power created Remembrance Day

King George V's plan for a two-minute silence a year after the end of the First World War was criticised by some politicians, but the British public observed it to a degree that few dreamed possible.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2824621/How-people-power-created-Remembrance-Day-millions-flock-Tower-poppies-remarkable-story-ordinary-Britons-won-right-honour-fallen.html

8 November 2014