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| Armistice Day: UK remembers | Armistice Day: UK remembers |
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| The anniversary of the World War One armistice - signed 95 years ago - has been marked in the UK with a two-minute silence. | The anniversary of the World War One armistice - signed 95 years ago - has been marked in the UK with a two-minute silence. |
| Ceremonies have taken place at military bases, town halls, churches, schools, and at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire. | Ceremonies have taken place at military bases, town halls, churches, schools, and at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire. |
| The Royal British Legion held its own event in London' s Trafalgar Square. | The Royal British Legion held its own event in London' s Trafalgar Square. |
| Meanwhile, the Duke of Edinburgh has visited Belgium, scene of some of World War One's deadliest battles. | Meanwhile, the Duke of Edinburgh has visited Belgium, scene of some of World War One's deadliest battles. |
| This year, Armistice Day, which honours members of the armed forces who have died in that war and in all conflicts since, comes a day after Remembrance Sunday. | This year, Armistice Day, which honours members of the armed forces who have died in that war and in all conflicts since, comes a day after Remembrance Sunday. |
| In commemorations across the UK: | In commemorations across the UK: |
| 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. |
| It is the nation's tribute to more than 16,000 servicemen and women who have died on duty, or as a result of terrorism, since 1948. | It is the nation's tribute to more than 16,000 servicemen and women who have died on duty, or as a result of terrorism, since 1948. |
| In London, the Royal British Legion's sixth Silence in the Square remembrance ended with members of the public dropping poppy petals into the Trafalgar Square fountains. | In London, the Royal British Legion's sixth Silence in the Square remembrance ended with members of the public dropping poppy petals into the Trafalgar Square fountains. |
| Actor Adrian Lester and Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts also appeared at the event alongside The Poppy Girls - five schoolgirls aged between 10 and 17 whose fathers are all servicemen. | Actor Adrian Lester and Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts also appeared at the event alongside The Poppy Girls - five schoolgirls aged between 10 and 17 whose fathers are all servicemen. |
| Their song The Call (No Need To Say Goodbye) was released on Saturday as part of this year's Royal British Legion appeal. | Their song The Call (No Need To Say Goodbye) was released on Saturday as part of this year's Royal British Legion appeal. |
| In Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, meanwhile, hundreds of people from across the UK answered a request to attend the funeral of a World War Two veteran they never knew. | In Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, meanwhile, hundreds of people from across the UK answered a request to attend the funeral of a World War Two veteran they never knew. |
| Harold Jellicoe Percival served as ground crew on the famous Dambusters raids carried out in May 1943 by 617 Squadron. | Harold Jellicoe Percival served as ground crew on the famous Dambusters raids carried out in May 1943 by 617 Squadron. |
| The funeral home organising the service put an advert in a local newspaper - which was then widely publicised on social media sites - appealing for people to attend. | The funeral home organising the service put an advert in a local newspaper - which was then widely publicised on social media sites - appealing for people to attend. |
| Royal visit | Royal visit |
| The two-minute silence takes place annually at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month - the time the guns fell silent along the Western Front in 1918, and an armistice was declared. | The two-minute silence takes place annually at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month - the time the guns fell silent along the Western Front in 1918, and an armistice was declared. |
| It was first observed in November 1919 following a suggestion by an Australian journalist. | It was first observed in November 1919 following a suggestion by an Australian journalist. |
| The proposal was supported by a former high commissioner to South Africa and endorsed by the cabinet and King George V just a few days before the first anniversary of the armistice. | The proposal was supported by a former high commissioner to South Africa and endorsed by the cabinet and King George V just a few days before the first anniversary of the armistice. |
| In Belgium, Prince Philip, 92, attended a "sacred soil" ceremony in Ypres alongside soldiers of the Household Division, Belgian soldiers and British and Belgian schoolchildren. | In Belgium, Prince Philip, 92, attended a "sacred soil" ceremony in Ypres alongside soldiers of the Household Division, Belgian soldiers and British and Belgian schoolchildren. |
| Seventy sandbags filled with soil were collected from the World War One battlefields of Flanders by Belgian schoolchildren, the first time this has been allowed. | Seventy sandbags filled with soil were collected from the World War One battlefields of Flanders by Belgian schoolchildren, the first time this has been allowed. |
| The soil, taken from Commonwealth cemeteries, will be placed in the Flanders Field Memorial Garden, due to open next year at The Guards Museum in London. | The soil, taken from Commonwealth cemeteries, will be placed in the Flanders Field Memorial Garden, due to open next year at The Guards Museum in London. |
| The trip was the duke's first outside the UK since undergoing abdominal surgery in June. | The trip was the duke's first outside the UK since undergoing abdominal surgery in June. |
| On Sunday, two-minute silences took place at war memorials across the UK and the Commonwealth. | On Sunday, two-minute silences took place at war memorials across the UK and the Commonwealth. |
| 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. | 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. |