Armistice Day 11/11/2014 Remembrance day has been observed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month since King George V issued a proclamation calling for two minutes silence - "All locomotion should cease, so that, in perfect stillness, the thoughts of everyone may be concentrated on reverent remembrance of the glorious dead."
1918: a crowd of soldiers on the Western Front celebrating as an officer announces the news of the armistice. Credit: Archive Photos / Getty Images / Universal Images Group
A group of women joyfully waving Union Jacks on Armistice Day. Credit: Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive / Getty Images / Universal Images Group
11th November 1918: service men and women and civilians celebrating Armistice Day after World War I. Credit: Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive / Getty Images / Universal Images Group
11th November 1918: crowds and buses in London when the armistice was signed, bringing World War I to an end. Credit: Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive / Getty Images / Universal Images Group
11th November 1918: an army lorry in a London street on Armistice Day, carrying jubilant passengers. Credit: Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive / Getty Images / Universal Images Group
Members of the public filing past the wreath laden base of the Cenotaph on Armistice Day. Credit: PA Archive / Press Association Images / Universal Images Group
A group of women with a disabled ex-serviceman celebrating the end of World War I on Armistice Day, 11th November 1918. Credit: Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive / Getty Images / Universal Images Group
1919: the scene on Oxford Street, London, during the two minutes silence on Armistice Day. Credit:Central Press / Hulton Archive / Getty Images / Universal Images Group
November 1931: the scene at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, on Armistice Day. Credit: Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive / Getty Images / Universal Images Group
11th November 1939: a soldier adding a poppy to poppies around a grave on the Field of Remembrance at Westminster, London, on Armistice Day. Credit: Hudson / Hulton Archive / Getty Images / Universal Images Group
November 1944: British prime minister Winston Churchill and French General Charles De Gaulle celebrate Armistice Day in Paris during World War II. Credit: Central Press / Hulton Archive Editorial / Getty Images / Universal Images Group
Railway staff observe two minutes silence for Armistice Day at York Railway Station. Credit: Anna Gowthorpe / PA Archive / Press Association Images / Universal Images Group
Crosses bearing remembrance poppies rest in the Royal British Legion Poppy Factory Field of Remembrance in Westminster Abbey on November 6, 2006 in London. Credit: Bruno Vincent / Getty Images News / Getty Images / Universal Images Group
The major art installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red at the Tower of London, marking one hundred years since the first full day of Britain's involvement in the First World War. Created by ceramic artist Paul Cummins, with setting by stage designer Tom Piper, 888,246 ceramic poppies will progressively fill the Tower's famous moat over the summer. Each poppy represents a British military fatality during the war. The poppies will encircle the iconic landmark, creating not only a spectacular display visible from all around the Tower but also a location for personal reflection.
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