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Armistice Day 2020
  • The Padre's Flag, used as an altar cloth by Reverend David Railton, chaplain to the 2nd Battalion of the Hon. Artillery Company on his makeshift altars during the First World War and to drape over the bodies of soldiers killed in action, is placed on the High Altar, during a service to mark Armistice Day and the centenary of the burial of the unknown warrior.
  • The Padre's Flag, used as an altar cloth by Reverend David Railton, chaplain to the 2nd Battalion of the Hon. Artillery Company on his makeshift altars during the First World War and to drape over the bodies of soldiers killed in action, is placed on the High Altar, during a service to mark Armistice Day and the centenary of the burial of the unknown warrior.
  • Members of the public, including war veterans, gather near the Worthing War Memorial, West Sussex, to observe a two-minute silence on the anniversary of Armistice Day.
  • A general view of a Tribute Garden next to the Worthing War Memorial, West Sussex, on the anniversary of Armistice Day.
  • A general view of a Tribute Garden next to the Worthing War Memorial, West Sussex, on the anniversary of Armistice Day.
  • The Earl and Countess of Wessex during a service at the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Lichfield, to remember the war dead on Armistice Day.
  • The Countess of Wessex speaking at the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Lichfield, to remember the war dead on Armistice Day.
  • Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Westminster Abbey in London, during a service to mark Armistice Day and the centenary of the burial of the unknown warrior.
  • Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Westminster Abbey in London, during a service to mark Armistice Day and the centenary of the burial of the unknown warrior.
  • Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer at Westminster Abbey in London, during a service to mark Armistice Day and the centenary of the burial of the unknown warrior.
  • The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall at Westminster Abbey in London, during a service to mark Armistice Day and the centenary of the burial of the unknown warrior.
  • The Prince of Wales at Westminster Abbey in London, during a service to mark Armistice Day and the centenary of the burial of the unknown warrior.
  • The Angel of the North in Gateshead has been given a poppy to mark Armistice Day.
  • The Angel of the North in Gateshead has been given a poppy to mark Armistice Day. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)
  • Military personnel carry poppy wreaths at Paddington Station in London, for 'Poppies to Paddington' which is transporting memorial wreaths from around the UK on Great Western Railway train services into London Paddington. Wreaths are being laid around the station's war memorial for the two minutes silence to remember the war dead on Armistice Day. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)
  • Military personnel carry poppy wreaths at Paddington Station in London, for 'Poppies to Paddington' which is transporting memorial wreaths from around the UK on Great Western Railway train services into London Paddington. Wreaths are being laid around the station's war memorial for the two minutes silence to remember the war dead on Armistice Day. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)
  • People stand amongst two hundred silhouettes of soldiers, created by Witney-based artist Dan Barton, at Blenheim Palace Gardens in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, to remember the war dead on Armistice Day. (Photo by Steve Parsons/PA Images via Getty Images)
  • EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 11: First Minister Nicola Sturgeon stands outside St Andrew's House with service personnel from Navy, Army and RAF observing the two minute silence to remember the war dead on Armistice Day on November 11, 2020 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Wednesday marked 102 years since the armistice that ended World War I. (Photo by Jane Barlow-WPA Pool/Getty Images)
  • A member of the armed services gives a salute at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London as the nation falls silent to remember the war dead on Armistice Day. This year marks 100 years since the inauguration of the permanent version of Cenotaph. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)
  • World War II veteran Malcolm Clerc, 94, who joined the Royal Navy aged 15 and served as a petty officer stationed in Guam holds a picture of himself taken when he joined the service in 1941. Mr Clerc observed the two minute silence on Armistice Day from his home in Knutsford, Cheshire. (Photo by Martin Rickett/PA Images via Getty Images)

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