Services Of Remembrance Are Held For The Fallen On Armistice Day(Duke of Edinburgh)

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attend a memorial service to mark the passing of the World War I generation at Westminster Abbey on November 11, 2009 in London. Armistice Day traditionally marks the end of the WWI when Germany and the allied forces signed the armistice signaling the end of hostilities on the Western Front. The cessation of the war officially took effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month and is marked annually by services of remembrance for all those who have fallen in wars and a two minute silence.

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