Armistice Day service being held around UK as tributes gather at Cenotaph
Reported by BBC News ·
Tributes at Whitehall Cenotaph
Poppies and other floral tributes have been placed at the Cenotaph in Whitehall for Armistice Day. A service there is due to be attended by government ministers, senior international military figures, schoolchildren and cadets.
The Cenotaph ceremony will include a march-past by 10,000 armed forces veterans. A centenarian veteran, George McLeod, who served in the Kings Own Scottish Borderers, held a wreath during Remembrance Sunday tributes.
Ceremony in Staffordshire
A further commemoration is scheduled at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. It is among services taking place across the UK to mark the occasion.
Commemorations across Europe
The services commemorate the end of World War One. They bring together public tributes at memorials in the UK and elsewhere.
Key points
- Armistice Day services are taking place across the UK and around the world.
- The Cenotaph service is expected to include a march-past by 10,000 veterans.
- French President Emmanuel Macron attended a ceremony in Paris.