Many eyes were on Jeremy Corbyn, whose anti-war stance is well known.
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Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown walks through Downing Street on his way to the annual Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph memorial in Whitehall, central London, held in tribute for members of the armed forces who have died in major conflicts.
The pair laid down two crosses on the graves before standing for a two-minute silence following the Last Post.
Mr Kenny was remembering both the dead of the first World War and the 12 people who died and the scores who were injured when an IRA no-warning bomb exploded at the war memorial in Enniskillen in 1987.
At the service, the monarch was joined by other royals, senior politicians, and several other veterans and well-wishers.
Speaking ahead of the service, Cdr Duncan McClement, from the Royal Navy, told the BBC the country must not forget those personnel serving today in conflicts around the world. The service concluded with traditional prayers, hymns and blessings before an enthusiastic rendition of God Save the Queen.
The Royal Family have paid tribute to the UK’s war dead at the annual Festival of Remembrance led by Her Majesty The Queen.
Falling poppies will also be projected onto the Big Ben in Westminster from dusk.
Every year the day takes place on the Sunday closest to the anniversary of the end of World War I, November 11, 1918.
Meanwhile, in Liverpool, thousands of ceramic poppies have been draped down St George’s Hall.
Bob Hucklesby, of Dorset gave a moving speech as the 94-year-old veteran remembered those he served with in the 560th Field Company Royal Engineers and as a prisoner in a Japanese camp.
The Book of Remembrance was delivered to the stage by Corporal Anna Cross, a reservist with the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps who recently travelled to Sierra Leone to help with the devastating Ebola crisis.
“You had to be determined”.
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Mr Corbyn had previously attracted wide criticism for not singing the anthem at the Battle of Britain 75th anniversary commemorations.
