As Simon says (sorry!) it's not a holiday here in the UK, but for us it's much more in tone like the US Memorial Day.
To put it in perspective, the BBC website has an article on "thankful villages"; the 52 villages in the UK (out of 16000) where no one was killed in World War I.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15671943
We wish you well on your holiday, but spare a moment for our Fallen.