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Remembrance Sunday: UK falls silent to commemorate war dead | Remembrance Sunday: UK falls silent to commemorate war dead |
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The UK fell silent in tribute to service personnel who have died during conflicts, as part of the annual Remembrance Sunday service. | The UK fell silent in tribute to service personnel who have died during conflicts, as part of the annual Remembrance Sunday service. |
A two-minute silence was observed, before the Queen laid the first wreath at the Cenotaph in central London. | A two-minute silence was observed, before the Queen laid the first wreath at the Cenotaph in central London. |
The monarch joined more than 10,000 veterans plus political, Commonwealth and religious leaders at the ceremony. | The monarch joined more than 10,000 veterans plus political, Commonwealth and religious leaders at the ceremony. |
Services also took place at memorials across the UK, in Commonwealth countries and at military bases abroad. | |
Whitehall march | |
The Last Post was sounded following the silence, and the monarch then laid her wreath at the foot of the monument, the focal point of the UK's Remembrance Sunday events. | The Last Post was sounded following the silence, and the monarch then laid her wreath at the foot of the monument, the focal point of the UK's Remembrance Sunday events. |
The Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry also laid wreaths, along with Prime Minister David Cameron, and other political party leaders. | |
On a sunny and crisp autumn day, the marchers - who for the first time included representatives of a World War Two unit known as "Churchill's Secret Army" - set off down Whitehall. | |
In events elsewhere: | |
Marching past the Cenotaph for the first time, are 41 members of the British Resistance Movement - known as Churchill's Secret Army or the Coleshill Auxiliaries - volunteer fighters charged with going underground to continue the fight in the event of a German invasion of Britain in World War Two. | |
George Batt, national secretary of the Normandy Veterans Association who fought on D-Day, said Remembrance Sunday was a time for reflection. | George Batt, national secretary of the Normandy Veterans Association who fought on D-Day, said Remembrance Sunday was a time for reflection. |
"We'll be remembering all our mates that we left behind out there who paid the supreme sacrifice. And today, really, brings home the sadness of it all. And I must say, the stupidity of war," he said. | "We'll be remembering all our mates that we left behind out there who paid the supreme sacrifice. And today, really, brings home the sadness of it all. And I must say, the stupidity of war," he said. |
Kerry Ashworth, whose son James was killed in Afghanistan last year and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery, said it was a special day for everyone. | Kerry Ashworth, whose son James was killed in Afghanistan last year and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery, said it was a special day for everyone. |
"The job that they do is so hard and so tough and when somebody loses their life, it's just one little thing that you can do just to remember them for a few minutes," she said. | "The job that they do is so hard and so tough and when somebody loses their life, it's just one little thing that you can do just to remember them for a few minutes," she said. |