Nation to remember war dead on Armistice Day
A two-minute silence will be observed across the UK later to remember the nation's war dead.
It starts 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.
Veterans will join serving armed forces personnel at the Cenotaph in London.
Services will be 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.
In Pictures: Remembrance Sunday
In commemorations across the UK on Armistice Day:
The Princess Royal will attend 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.
A two-minute silence will be observed across the UK later to remember the nation's war dead.
It starts 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.
Veterans will join serving armed forces personnel at the Cenotaph in London.
Services will be 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.
In Pictures: Remembrance Sunday
In commemorations across the UK on Armistice Day:
- Wreaths will be laid at the Cenotaph at a ceremony organised by the Western Front Association. Singer Cerys Matthews will read an extract from the Times newspaper from October 1915 about the deaths of 41 only sons in battle
- The Royal British Legion will hold its annual Silence in the Square event in Trafalgar Square, featuring musical performances and readings. The public will also be invited to place poppy petals in the fountains
- Fields of Remembrance have been planted at Westminster Abbey and in Cardiff, Belfast, Gateshead, Edinburgh, Inverness and Royal Wootton Bassett
- The only flying Mk1 Swordfish - a World War Two bomber - will drop poppies from the air over Yeovilton, Somerset
- Services will be held at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh and Belfast City Hall
The Princess Royal will attend 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.
