Sombre ceremonies mark Armistice anniversary in Belgium
Belgians marked the 87th anniversary of the end of the First World War today, with sombre ceremonies planned at the nation’s tomb of the unknown soldier and the playing of the Last Post at the famous Menen Gate in the town of Ieper, which saw some of the fiercest fighting of the “Great War”.
King Albert II was to lead Armistice Day ceremonies in the capital Brussels, laying a wreath to commemorate victims of the First World War after a two-minute silence planned for 11am, which was when the Germans signed their capitulation November 11, 1918, in France.
