The Tower Of London marked the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I with Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red
Armistice Day, on November 11, commemorates the signing of the armistice between the Allies and Germany at 11am on November 11, 1918.
As a result, there is a two minute silence held to mark the occasion - on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month - and remember those killed in the two World Wars and the 12,000 British servicemen killed or injured since 1945.
The Armistice essentially ended four years of fighting in the World War I.
his year, the Royal British Legion will host an opening of its first Field of Remembrance, at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
The Royal British Legion host its Two Minute Silence at Trafalgar Square to mark Armistice Day on November 11.
There is also a service of remembrance outdoors at the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum.
On Remembrance Sunday - November 12 - the Queen and senior Royals lead two minutes' silence at 11am at The Cenotaph in Whitehall.
The Royal British Legion (RBL) is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants.
It was set up in May 1921, with an aim to care for those who had suffered as a result of service in the Armed Forces during the war.
Flanders Fields Welch memorial
The two minutes silence as a form of remembrance had already been established, and the Legion held the first Poppy Appeal that same year.
Why poppies?
At the end of the First World War, poppies were the first flowers to grow in the Northern France and Flanders battlefields.
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