Edward George Honey (1885 — 1922) was an Australian soldier and journalist who is often credited with having conceived the idea of a moment of silence on Armistice Day (now known as Remembrance Day). Honey was educated at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne, and served briefly during World War I with the British Army before receiving a medical discharge. He later worked in Melbourne as a journalist for The Argus newspaper. [1] 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment (such as a uniform and weapon) to defend that country or its interests. ... Jump to: navigation, search A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... Jump to: navigation, search Armistice Day is the anniversary of Henry Wen, March 4th, 1993. ... Jump to: navigation, search Wreaths of artificial poppies used as a symbol of remembrance Remembrance Day or Armistice Day is a day of commemoration observed in the Commonwealth of Nations and various European countries (including France and Belgium) to commemorate World War I and other wars. ... Jump to: navigation, search Caulfield Grammar School is a coeducational independent school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search City of Melbourne Local Government Area State Victoria Lord Mayor John So (since 2001) Area 36 km² Population (2001) 57,960 Density 1,601/km² (1999) Greater Melbourne Subdivisions Local Government Areas Area 7,694 km² (1999) Population 2001 census (2nd in Australia) 3,555,321... Jump to: navigation, search World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War... Jump to: navigation, search The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Argus was a newspaper in Melbourne. ...

The concept of Remembrance Day

On May 8, 1919 Honey, who was working in London at the time, wrote a letter to the London Evening News newspaper under the pen name Warren Foster suggesting an appropriate commemoration for the first anniversary of The Amistice Treaty which signalled the end of World War I, signed on November 11, 1918 at the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month." In the letter he said, "Five little minutes only. Five silent minutes of national remembrance. A very sacred intercession. Communion with the Glorious Dead who won us peace, and from the communion new strength, hope and faith in the morrow. Church services, too, if you will, but in the street, the home, the theatre, anywhere, indeed, where Englishmen and their women chance to be, surely in this five minutes of bitter-sweet silence there will be service enough." Jump to: navigation, search May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... The Norwich Evening News is a daily newspaper for Norwich city and the surrounding suburbs and outlying towns, and is published by Archant. ... The armistice treaty between the Allies and Germany was signed in a railway carriage in woods near Compiègne on November 11th, 1918. ... Jump to: navigation, search November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

Honey's letter did not immediately create the Remembrance Day traditions, but on October 27, 1919, a suggestion from Sir Percy Fitzpatrick of a similar idea for a moment of silence was forwarded to George V, then King of the United Kingdom, who on November 17, 1919, proclaimed "that at the hour when the Armistice came into force, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, there may be for the brief space of two minutes a complete suspension of all our normal activities … so that in perfect stillness, the thoughts of everyone may be concentrated on reverent remembrance of the glorious dead." Jump to: navigation, search October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor, (3 June 1865–20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917. ... Jump to: navigation, search This is a list of the monarchs of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, that is, the monarchs on the thrones of some of the various kingdoms that have existed in the British Isles, namely: Kingdom of England, from 871 (united with the... Jump to: navigation, search 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

No record directly suggests Fitzpatrick was prompted by Honey's letter to propose a moment of silence, but Honey was recognised for being involved in the conception of the idea when he was invited by George V to a rehearsal of the moment of silence at Buckingham Palace. The custom of two-minutes of silence on the Armistice Day still occurs throughout much of the former British Empire. See Remembrance Day details of individual nations' customs. Jump to: navigation, search Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial. ... Jump to: navigation, search The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps The British Empire was the worlds first global power and the largest empire in human history, a product of the European Age of Exploration that began with the... Jump to: navigation, search Wreaths of artificial poppies used as a symbol of remembrance Remembrance Day or Armistice Day is a day of commemoration observed in the Commonwealth of Nations and various European countries (including France and Belgium) to commemorate World War I and other wars. ...

Legacy

While it is still unclear whether Honey or Sir Fitzpatrick is truly responsible for the concept of a moment of silence to remember the Armistice, the Australian government officially recognises Hoeny as having first raised the idea in the public domain. [2] // Australia is a constitutional monarchy, a federation and a parliamentary democracy. ...

A monument of Honey was erected by Eric Harding near the Shrine of Remembrance in St Kilda Road, Melbourne. [3] Jump to: navigation, search The Shrine of Remembrance, located in St Kilda Road, Melbourne, is one of the largest war memorials in Australia. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

External links

• A period of silence — an Australian War Memorial history of Remembrance Day and the minute of silence