Veterans Gather at London Cenotaph on Armistice Day

London, United Kingdom – Veterans, serving troops and members of the public gathered at the Cenotaph on Whitehall on Wednesday, November 11, for the Armistice Day memorial and two-minute silence.

Video posted that morning shows ranks of soldiers in uniform lining the wet autumn street before the ceremony, crowds and police along the pavements, and later groups of veterans and spectators standing near Whitehall buildings after the service. One clip shows a dense crowd behind barriers as a person in the foreground films the scene on a phone.

Britain observed a two-minute silence at 11 a.m. at ceremonies across the country. A remembrance service was held at the Cenotaph, the national war memorial that honours those killed in the world wars and later conflicts. Remembrance Sunday had already been marked at the same site on November 8.