A two-minute silence will be held around the UK to mark the anniversary of the World War One armistice.
A number of ceremonies will also take place to remember those who died during that war and all conflicts since.
Veterans and dignitaries will gather at the Tower of London, against a backdrop of an art installation featuring more than 800,000 ceramic poppies.
There will be services in military bases, churches and schools around the UK, and events further afield.
The two-minute silence will be begin at 11:00 GMT.
In London, there will be services at Westminster Abbey, the Cenotaph and Trafalgar Square. In Edinburgh, the two-minute silence will be observed at the Field of Remembrance in the city's Princes Street Gardens.
The silence will be marked at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. And commemorations have also been organised in northern France and at the Menin Gate memorial in Ypres, Belgium.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One, 70 years since the D-Day landings and the end of Britain's conflict in Afghanistan.
'Very poignant'
Stephen Clarke, head of remembrance for the British Legion, said: "This year it feels like there are more poppies out in the streets and a lot of different styles of poppy, because remembrance is very personal.
"In the year of the centenary of the start of the First World War, it is going to be very poignant at 11 o'clock when we stop to reflect on the losses for the British armed forces."
Richard Hughes of the Western Front Association, which organises the Annual Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph, said this year's commemorations were not just about the end of World War One.
"We have got the modern version here with us stepping back from Afghanistan," he said. "That itself has tremendous resonance."
One of the biggest events will be at the Tower of London, where a commemorative art installation has been drawing thousands of visitors.
The artwork - Blood Swept Lands And Seas Of Red - features 888,246 ceramic poppies, each one representing a British or colonial death during the First World War.
The artist Paul Cummins will hand a young cadet the last poppy to plant as part of the service on Tuesday.
On Sunday, two-minute silences took place across the UK and the Commonwealth.
The Queen, political leaders and military veterans laid wreaths at the Cenotaph on Whitehall - the focal point of Remembrance Day services.
Armistice Day has been marked on 11 November every year since 1919 - a year after the Allied forces signed an agreement with the Germans that would end WW1.
After the Second World War, commemorations were adapted to honour the fallen of both conflicts, and Remembrance Sunday was established to replace Armistice Day.
From 1995, the British Legion campaigned successfully to restore the two-minute silence to 11 November as well as Remembrance Sunday.
No comments:
Post a Comment