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Understandably, most people aren’t experts on funerals. It’s an area that few will glance at until they’re put in the unfortunate position of having to plan one for a loved one. This in turn means that a lot of the technicalities involved may be confusing. How long does it take to plan a funeral? How many people can be invited? And the subject I’m going to cover today, what is the difference between a funeral director, a mortician and an undertaker?

Here on funeral-notices.co.uk we offer our private customers and our Funeral Directors the ability to add an online donations service to any main Funeral Notice. This means that anyone viewing the notice can leave a donation to the chosen charity in memory of those who have passed away. This is of great benefit to families, especially during covid-19 restrictions, as it’s got much harder to do physical collections at the funeral service.

Wherever you turn in 2020, it’s hard to escape Coronavirus. This is a global pandemic on a scale not seen since the Spanish Flu of the 1910s; it’s like nothing most of us have ever experienced. Earlier this year, we published another blog on the subject: How Many People Have Died from Coronavirus? But today we’re going to look at another subject, that being is Coronavirus the number one cause of death in the United Kingdom?

Now that Remembrance Sunday has been and gone for this year, the Royal British Legion can start to look at all the money raised from this year's Poppy Appeal and set about the task of distributing the funds to wherever it needs to go. But that raises a question for all those members of the public who have donated or bought a poppy; what happens to all the money raised from the Poppy Appeal?

There I was, reading up about Remembrance Day as research on a completely different blog, and I found myself getting confused about what I was reading; some pages were talking about Remembrance Day and some were talking about Remembrance Sunday. Are these not the same thing..? And what does Armistice Day have to do with it all? While figuring it all out for myself, I thought I might as well write it all down to help someone else who may be asking the same question.

There are many occasions in everyday life when we hear widely accepted phrases without ever really questioning their meaning, and, as we move closer to Remembrance Day, there are some phrases that are worth looking into in order to fully understand their usage.

11th November is the official day we show respect to all those who served in the Armed Forces and who lost their lives fighting for our country, and it is called Remembrance Day. Leading up to this date you will see people on TV and wherever you go wearing a poppy. Poppies are worn by people as it’s a symbol of remembrance to those who sacrificed their lives in World War One (WW1). Since then it has grown to be a symbol for those who not only gave their lives in WW1 but for all those have died on behalf of their country. The reason it's a poppy is that it was the type of flower that grew on the battlefields after WW1 ended. The famous WW1 poem Flanders Fields describes this.

When you know someone close who has lost a loved one it is natural for us to want to make them feel better in any way - this can include giving them a gift to show how much you care. However, it is sometimes a struggle to think of an original idea for a gift, and not just resort to the usual sympathy flowers. This blog will help you think of some ideas for gifts for someone who is going through a difficult time.

Since the battlefields of ‘The Great War’ fell silent in 1919, Britain along with many other countries in Europe and across the world, has paused for two minutes silence on the 11th hour, in the 11th month; November. This day was known as Armistice Day until 1956 when the British Government, in honour of participants in both World Wars, officially replaced Armistice Day with the new Sunday Memorial day, fixed as the second Sunday of the month, known as Remembrance Sunday. Typically since then, countries observe the silence on the day, and again on Remembrance Sunday. The Sunday is often honoured with a Parade of Remembrance, usually culminating in a wreath laying Ceremony of Remembrance at the local Cenotaph or Memorial.