# Lest we forget: Armistice Day services held across UK to remember the fallen

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/lest-we-forget-armistice-day-services-held-across-uk-to-remember-the-fallen/
- Published: 2026-11-11T12:59:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T13:21:43+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16284329/Britain-remembers-Armistice-Day-services-held-country-pay-tribute-fallen.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- UK services marked Armistice Day with a two-minute silence.
- Wreaths were laid at sites across the country.
- Edinburgh Castle’s gun signalled the silence at 11am.

## Summary

Armistice Day services were held across the UK, where veterans, public figures and members of the public observed a two-minute silence at 11am and paid tribute to those killed in war. The commemorations brought communities together in remembrance, with many attending despite rain and cold.

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester laid a wreath at the Royal British Legion’s National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, while ceremonies also took place at the Cenotaph and Parliament in London, Portsmouth, Dover, Edinburgh and Glasgow. In Edinburgh, the castle’s one o’clock gun marked the start of the silence; services also remembered the First World War and the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.

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