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A huge crowd formed in Nottingham as people turned out to commemorate a particularly special Armistice Day

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Staff and passengers in Heathrow's Terminal 5 paused for the silence at 11am today

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Shoppers paused at Cabot Circus, Bristol, as the clock struck 11am and silence filled the usually packed and noisy shopping centre

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Solihull School in the West Midlands came to a standstill along with the rest of the country at exactly 11am today

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The pupils stood in silence in front of its own field of more than 200 clay poppies, which it had made in remembrance of the Great War

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A veteran salutes during the ceremony at the Cenotaph in Manchester (left) while a crowd gathers in silence in Edinburgh (right)

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One woman lays down a tribute to a fallen soldier in London, one of the several Armistice Day commemorations taking place today

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Jack Walker, 83, of the Coldstream Guards (left) is among hundreds who attended the Armistice Day service at Royal Armouries, Leeds

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A schoolgirl sits among the clay poppies in Solihull (left) while a passenger bows his head at the railway station in York (right)

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A young woman wipes a tear from her eye as she observes a memorial in London paying tribute to those injured and killed in combat

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England football manager Roy Hodgson (second from left) and captain Wayne Rooney (third from right) stand for a two minute's silence ahead of a training session at St George's Park near Burton-on-Trent

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Brokers and underwriters at the Lloyd's of London building fall still while many capture the touching moment on their phones


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some terrific pics, beets.

here's my fav--great angle and caught the smile. kudos to the photographer

stay good beets..........:)


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Very moving and educational for me also. I had no idea how much Britain revered Veteran's Day. Thanks.
 

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