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Glasgow to fall silent for Armistice Day
A two-minute silence has been observed across the United Kingdom to remember the nation’s war dead. “They should respect the people that fought for their freedoms”.
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Later on Wednesday, 19 British veterans will be presented with the Legion d’honneur, France’s highest distinction, for their role in liberating France during the Second World War.
“We make almost five million poppies every year to meet demand and it is clear that the Scottish public cares about our Armed Forces community, past and present”.
Among those marking the day – which commemorates all those killed in war since the outbreak of World War I in 1914 – were the widow and son of Fusilier Lee Rigby, who was murdered by al-Qaida-inspired attackers outside a London army barracks in 2013. It does not belong to any group, it belongs to all of us, and should be celebrated by everyone’.
The Queen marked the two minutes’ silence privately at Buckingham Palace with her family.
He said: “I think it’s very important for us all to mark the occasion and remember those who have given their lives for the country”.
“Everybody lost someone, it was such a devastating time and it took many years for people to come back to living a normal life”.
A similar service will be held at Hythe Quay, Maldon and at the War Memorial in Burnham-on-Crouch as well as the War Memorial in Witham.
WORKERS lowering a Second World War Spitfire from a suspended museum display downed tools to observe yesterday’s two-minute silence.
Armistice day ceremony at Cromer War Memorial to mark the end of the First World War. We would never criticise anyone for not wearing a poppy.
The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall attended a Remembrance Day ceremony in Canberra, as part of their current tour of Australia and New Zealand.
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But it was at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month that guns fell silent in 1918 along the Western Front – Armistice Day.