Monday 11 November 2013

Armistice Day to be marked in the UK with silence

Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the CenotaphThe Queen led the ceremony at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday
The anniversary of the World War One armistice 95 years ago is to be marked in the UK with a two-minute silence.
Ceremonies will take place at military bases, churches, schools, town halls and at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire at 11:00 GMT.
And armed forces charity the Royal British Legion is holding its annual 11 November event in Trafalgar Square.
Meanwhile, the Duke of Edinburgh will visit Belgium, where some of the war's most deadly battles were fought.
Armistice Day, which honours personnel who have died since WW1, this year comes a day after Remembrance Sunday.
On Sunday, two-minute silences took place at war memorials across the UK and Commonwealth, in tribute to fallen members of the armed forces.
In London, the Queen and other members of the Royal Family laid the first wreaths at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, before a march-past by 10,000 military veterans and civilian representatives.

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