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| Armistice Day: Nation remembers war dead | |
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| A two-minute silence is being observed across the UK to remember the nation's war dead. | |
| It began at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month - the time in 1918 when the guns finally fell silent along the Western Front in Europe. | |
| Veterans are joining armed forces personnel at the Cenotaph in London. | |
| Services are being held at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, and at military bases, schools, town halls and churches across the country. | |
| Armistice Day follows similar ceremonies on Remembrance Sunday to pay tribute to all those who died in World Wars One and Two and in every conflict since. | Armistice Day follows similar ceremonies on Remembrance Sunday to pay tribute to all those who died in World Wars One and Two and in every conflict since. |
| In Pictures: Remembrance Sunday | In Pictures: Remembrance Sunday |
| In commemorations across the UK on Armistice Day: | In commemorations across the UK on Armistice Day: |
| The Queen led commemorations on Remembrance Sunday, but she is spending Armistice Day privately at Buckingham Palace with other members of the Royal Family. | |
| The Princess Royal is attending the ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffs. | |
| The arboretum's Portland stone memorial is designed so that on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, a shaft of sunlight dissects its inner and outer walls, falling on a bronze wreath sculpture. | The arboretum's Portland stone memorial is designed so that on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, a shaft of sunlight dissects its inner and outer walls, falling on a bronze wreath sculpture. |
| At the scene | |
| Liz Jackson, BBC News, in Trafalgar Square | |
| The crowds gathered under cloudy skies for the Royal British Legion's Silence in the Square event were made up of schoolchildren, ex-servicemen and passers-by who stopped to commemorate Armistice Day. | |
| Events were a mix of upbeat - songs from London Gospel Choir - and sombre, a reading of the poem Remember Me by actress Miranda Raison. | |
| The importance of remembrance was brought home when actor Bernard Cribbins, an ex-serviceman himself, gave a moving reading of Rudyard Kipling's poem Tommy. | |
| Big screens allowed hundreds gathered at the edge of the square to see the events on stage close up. | |
| Pop group the Overtones didn't let technical problems on the stage stall them, continuing their performance acapella. | |
| Raymond Champion, 79, from London served in the Army Catering Corps in the Second World War. | |
| "I knew people who never came home," he said. "People forget, they don't know what they are letting go. They should respect the people that fought for their freedoms." | |
| The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall attended a Remembrance Day ceremony in Canberra, as part of their current tour of Australia and New Zealand. | The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall attended a Remembrance Day ceremony in Canberra, as part of their current tour of Australia and New Zealand. |
| The Prince of Wales met Malcolm Turnbull, the Australian prime minister who once led the campaign for the country to abandon the monarchy. | The Prince of Wales met Malcolm Turnbull, the Australian prime minister who once led the campaign for the country to abandon the monarchy. |
| Later on Wednesday, 19 British veterans will be presented with France's highest honour, the Légion d'honneur. | Later on Wednesday, 19 British veterans will be presented with France's highest honour, the Légion d'honneur. |
| The ceremony - to be held at the French ambassador's residence in London - is the latest in a series since the 70th anniversary of D-Day, when French President François Hollande pledged to honour all those British veterans who had helped his country during World War Two. | The ceremony - to be held at the French ambassador's residence in London - is the latest in a series since the 70th anniversary of D-Day, when French President François Hollande pledged to honour all those British veterans who had helped his country during World War Two. |
| Ambassador Sylvie Bermann said it was France's way of "thanking them for their tremendous service". | Ambassador Sylvie Bermann said it was France's way of "thanking them for their tremendous service". |
| Armistice Day | Armistice Day |
| 100 years of remembrance: From World War One to today | 100 years of remembrance: From World War One to today |
| Did one man's vision shape the way we remember our war dead? | Did one man's vision shape the way we remember our war dead? |
| Are you going to observe today's two minutes silence to mark Armistice Day? Let us know about your experiences. Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. | Are you going to observe today's two minutes silence to mark Armistice Day? Let us know about your experiences. Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. |
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