The Peace Pledge Union held its annual Remembrance Ceremony on Remembrance Sunday, 9 November, 2025, in Tavistock Square, London, starting at 12 noon.

‘It focuses on the meaning of the white poppy – remembrance for all the victims of war, challenging militarism and a commitment to peace.’

Rachel Taylor, of Every Casualty Counts, ‘an international charity dedicated to ensuring that every life lost in armed conflict is recognised and remembered’, made a speech, after which there were three readings from Memorial 2025, ‘a new project documenting the lives of civilians killed in war over the past year’.  The actor Mark Rylance then made a speech, stressing that children should never suffer as a result of adult conflicts.

Two minutes silence followed, after which people were invited to lay wreaths or place poppies on the Conscientious Objectors’ Memorial.