Tag: Armistice Day

Silence Reigns as Britain Pays Tribute to the Fallen on Armistice Day

Millions of people in Britain fell silent on Friday as the nation remembered those who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars and in other conflicts. On one of the mildest Armistice Days on record, people from all walks of life marked the two minutes’ silence in all corners of England, Wales,…


UK Honours the Fallen in Silent Tribute on Armistice Day

Britain has fallen silent to honour those who lost their lives in conflict. A two-minute silence took place across the country at 11am, marking 102 years since the first two-minute silence was observed on Armistice Day, November 11 1919. Each year, the two-minute silence marks the end of the four-year conflict in 1918 where an…