Remembrance: UK marks Armistice Day with two-minute silence
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Camilla, Queen Consort attends the 94th Year of The Field Of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London.
Workers in the City of London pause to observe the two-minute silence that took place at 11am on Friday.
The teams of Switzerland and Canada observe a two minutes silence in honour of Armistice Day prior to their Billie Jean King Cup match in Scotland.
Members of the armed forces gather at Cardiff Castle for the 104th national commemoration since the end of World War One.
The 'Knitting Banxy' has become famous for creating detailed post box toppers, like this one on a post box in the Midlands.
'Lest We Forget' - And check out this post box topper in Scunthorpe sent in by Veronica Stevens. That IS impressive too!
At the Cenotaph war memorial on Whitehall in central London, people stop to remember servicemen and women who have fallen in the line of duty since WWI.
Air and Army Cadets observe the moment Big Ben chimes at 11am, some wearing poppies and others holding wreaths, 104 years after the end of WW1.
Standard bearers and veterans stand to attention at a service on the seafront in Weymouth, Dorset.
Veterans also observe a silence at this monument in Portsmouth.
Over the English Channel, where the fighting took place, a special poppy parade takes place in the town of Ypres, Belgium, which saw some of the worst fighting in WW1.
France's President Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe
Almost 62,000 Australians died fighting in four years of global conflict, and services have taken place in Sydney, Australia to recognise that sacrifice.
The sails of the Sydney Opera House are illuminated by a projection of poppies during a Remembrance Day Dawn Service in Sydney on November 11, 2022.
- Published27 October 2023
