The annual services of remembrance return this year following reduced commemorations during the pandemic.
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People across London are commemorating Armistice Day, which remembers those who have died in military conflict since the First World War.
The two-minute silence held at 11:00 on 11 November every year marks the end of World War One in 1918.
The ceasefire between the Allies and Germans was declared “on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month”.
Ceremonies of remembrance are being held across the city after commemorations last year were reduced due to the pandemic.
The poppy is the traditional symbol of remembrance, with people wearing pins and laying wreaths in tribute.
The Poppies to Paddington and Routes of Remembrance campaigns return this year.
The Veterans Charity events see hundreds of poppy wreaths travel to London. The initiative symbolises the long journey embarked on by soldiers going to war.
Britain’s Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Patron of the Poppy Factory, as she attends the 93rd Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London for Armistice Day today. Credit: AP Photo/Frank Augstein
At Westminster Abbey, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, laid a cross and observed the two-minute silence.
Further commemorations will take place this weekend on Remembrance Sunday at The Cenotaph in London.
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StandfirstThe annual 11 November commemoration sees the capital observe a two-minute silence in memory of those who have died in military conflict.
People across London are commemorating Armistice Day, which remembers those who have died in military conflict since the First World War.
The two-minute silence held at 11:00 on 11 November every year marks the end of World War One in 1918.
The ceasefire between the Allies and Germans was declared “on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month”.
Ceremonies of remembrance are being held across the city after commemorations last year were reduced due to the pandemic.
The poppy is the traditional symbol of remembrance, with people wearing pins and laying wreaths in tribute.
The Poppies to Paddington and Routes of Remembrance campaigns return this year.
The Veterans Charity events see hundreds of poppy wreaths travel to London. The initiative symbolises the long journey embarked on by soldiers going to war.
Britain’s Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Patron of the Poppy Factory, as she attends the 93rd Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London for Armistice Day today. Credit: AP Photo/Frank Augstein
At Westminster Abbey, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, laid a cross and observed the two-minute silence.
Further commemorations will take place this weekend on Remembrance Sunday at The Cenotaph in London.
