The United Kingdom held its traditional two minutes of silence Wednesday to commemorate the anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I.
Defense Secretary Wes Streeting laid a wreath at London’s Cenotaph memorial at a ceremony attended by current and former military figures, cadets and civilians.
The solemn holiday marks the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the fighting of the global conflict. The agreement, signed on Nov. 11, 1918, ended more than four years of warfare.
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As many as 886,000 British military personnel were killed during World War I, according to records in the British National Archives.
Armistice Day follows England’s Remembrance Sunday, a holiday commemorating military and civilian service people in the two world wars and later conflicts.
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