Remembrance Day: We Were There

The latest news from across the BBC ahead of Remembrance Day, alongside stories from veterans of World War Two and those who lived through it.

Remembrance Day 2025 - how to watch and listen

How to watch and listen as the BBC marks Remembrance Week across television, radio, and online.

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We Were There

Veterans' stories

Answering the call from Empire

Women at war

The Royal Air Force

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    1. An older man looking directly into the camera. He is wearing a shirt, tie and a jacket which has medals on the front. He is also wearing a beret and glasses.

      • An elderly woman wearing a flowery shirt looks into the camera.

        • An elderly man wearing a hat smiles at the camera

          • An elderly man wearing a black suit, white shirt and striped tie looks at the camera

            • An elderly bald man in a suit looks off to the side of the camera

            • Two men standing in military uniforms and holding up flags n the Villa Marina Royal Hall. They are standing next to blue and white drums, which has a red wreath been placed on one, and there is a large band sitting behind them.

              • An elderly man in a maroon jumper and tie looks off the side of the camera

                • A bald elderly man with a beard smiles into the camera

                  • An elderly woman looks off to the left of the screen

                    • A bald elderly man in a dark jacket looks past the camera

                      • An elderly man wearing an RAF hat and a dark suit looks off to the side of the camera

                        • An elderly woman wearing glasses looks off camera

                          • Prudence sits on a wicker chair in her garden. She is wearing a pink suit and pink lipstick.

                            • Annie Duplock in Land Army uniform watering her garden.

                            • The Manx flag flying at full mast in the wind, it is a red flag, with a white triskellion in the middle and golden knees and feet.

                              • A black and white image of an older man, wearing a checked shirt and gilet, imposed onto a white and red striped background.

                                • An elderly man wearing glasses and a cardigan looks past the camera smiling

                                  • UK
                                  A Red Arrows plane flying over London, from the view of another Red Arrows jet

                                  • Jane Darlison, wearing a blue jumper and chain necklace, looking off-camera with a window to a garden behind her

                                    • An elderly woman wearing a flowery top looks at the camera

                                    • A black-and-white photograph from 1945 showing a group of cheering young women in overall type gowns standing in a line holding a garland and waving British flags

                                    • Mabel sits on a chair wearing a blue jumper, a beige patterned scarf, and a black gilet. She has short grey hair and glasses.

                                    • A black and white image of Bill Tutte on a first class stamp. He is wearing a shirt and a blazer, and machinery used in Bletchley Park is behind him. It says 'William Tutte, Codebreaking the Lorenz cipher machine at Bletchley Park' on the bottom left of the stamp.

                                      • UK
                                      King Charles in the garden of Buckingham Palace