Summary

  • 11 November 2014

  • Ceremonies around Britain and abroad commemorate the anniversary of the end of World War One

  • The traditional two-minute silence at 11:00 GMT marked the time when hostilities ended in 1918

  • Veterans gathered at the Tower of London where 800,000 ceramic poppies have been placed

  • This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One and 70 years since the D-Day landings

Live Reporting

Gerry Holt, Richard Crook, Nigel Pankhurst and Victoria Park

  1. Barbara Windsor at the laying of the final poppy at the art installation "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red"PA

    Actress Barbara Windsor was at the ceremony for the "planting" of the final ceramic poppy at the Tower of London.

  2. Nuala McCann has written a piece for BBC Northern Ireland based on a Royal Ulster Rifles soldier's memories of Borneo in the 1960s.

  3. Confetti is released into the air in Liverpool City Centre following observation of two minutes silencePA
    Confetti is released into the air in Liverpool City Centre following observation of two minutes silencePA

    Confetti was released into the air in Liverpool City Centre following the silence.

  4. Handout photo issued by the MoD of UK service men and women at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, pausing to pay their respectsPA

    UK servicemen and women at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, paused to pay their respects.

  5. Paul Cummins

    Speaking to the BBC, Paul Cummins, the artist behind the poppy field at the Tower of London, said "the crowd and the people" had left him feeling "slightly emotional".

    Asked what he might do to mark the centenary of the end of the war in 2018, he said: "I think I'll sleep first."

  6. Soldiers at the Kendrew Barracks

    Armistice Soldiers gathered at Kendrew Barracks in Rutland to remember their fallen comrades.

  7. Bluewater shopping centre

    Bluewater shopping centre in Kent fell silent with members of the Greenhithe and Swanscombe Royal British Legion. Two local schools stood beside ex-servicemen as the Last Post was played.

  8. Get involved

    Viv Baker: I am a first generation Canadian, whose ancestors hail from Plymouth and Walthamstow. In fact the wharf that ferries people from Plymouth in Devon to Cornwall is named Shepherds Wharf... after my great-Grandfather. Today I will be remembering my Grandfather Sergeant Edward Edwin Shepherd who was born in Plymouth. He enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914. He made it through the war, but on September 30th, 1918 he and the 40 troops under his command were snipered while making their way through Cambrai, France... all lives were lost. Today, I am honoured to attend a special exhibit at the Markham Museum near Toronto, which is dedicated to the memory of my Grandfather and two other soldiers who gave their lives in the service of their country.

  9. Get involved

    Eddie Clarke, Deanshanger: I have just observed the two minute silence alone and thoughtful... My father fought in the first world war and he died in 1953 when I was 2 years old... It is not until recently I learned of this as my mother never spoke about him. But on reflection we must remember all those who served (most of whom are dead now) not just remember those who died at the time. Many more went on suffering for a long time (both physically and mentally)... We owe them all a great debt...

  10. A trumpeter played the Last Post to mark the end of the silence

    A trumpeter played the Last Post to mark the end of the silence.

  11. Passengers observe a two minute silence at York Station to mark Armistice DayPA

    Passengers observed the at York Station.

  12. Get involved

    Robin Gibbons: I paused for those minutes after 11. It is a poignant time as both my Grandfathers fought in the WWI, one I knew, my maternal Grandfather who was also wounded at the Somme before returning to active duty as a Royal Sir Corps member mapping above the trenches. I have his flying pennant, compass and binocular as a well as a German helmet he gave me as a small boy. I can just trace the name of the German soldier who owned the helmet, still visible in that thick lead pencil, 'Rosenberg' and a number that I have yet to decipher. I would like to trace him too, obviously a young man who presumably was killed in battle. The next four years will be a very moving time.

  13. Get involved

    @kellan tweets: A day to remember that nearly a 100 years ago it was decided that war had become too horrific to continue to happen #ArmisticeDay

  14. Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey

    The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey.

  15. RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire

    RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

  16. Spean Bridge in the Highland area of ScotlandPA

    Another striking image from Spean Bridge in the Highlands of Scotland.

  17. Get involved

    Lorraine Ogilby: I work in a Belfast Hospital. Observed the silence by walking out to a corridor on my own and stood quietly looking out a window. No mention of this in work and did not see anyone else observing. I felt very emotional that people just do not seem to mark this as they should. I had two great uncles killed in the war and my grandmother never forgot them.

  18. Alison Seabeck, shadow defence minister

    tweets: V moving service in Westminster Abbey to remember centenary of #WWI . Poignancy of echoes of last post played v powerful #LestWeForget

  19. Ed Miliband, Labour leader

    tweets: At 11am we remember all those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service of our country #WeWillRememberThem #TwoMinuteSilence

  20. Nick Clegg, Lib Dem leader

    tweets: Moving and poignant. Honoured to be part of remembering our fallen servicemen and women at the #TowerPoppies