Millions in Britain honour war dead on Armistice Day

MILLIONS of people across Britain observed a two-minute silence yesterday to remember those killed in conflicts past and present on Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of World War I.

Ceremonies across the country commemorated those who lost their lives in two world wars and subsequent conflicts.

In shopping centres, schools and workplaces, and at cenotaphs, people fell silent, in line with tradition, at 11am, marking the moment guns stopped firing at the end of the First World War.