London poppy protest as millions honour war dead
But in the British capital the solemn moment was marred by a small group of protesters styling themselves Muslims Against Crusades, who burned a model of a poppy.
As the clock struck 11am, Britain paused to mark the anniversary of Armistice Day, when peace returned to Europe at the end of the First World War. The agreement between Germany and the Allies after four years of fighting took effect at the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918.
