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Post by Admin on Nov 10, 2013 7:18:48 GMT -5
Remembrance Sunday: UK falls silent to commemorate war dead: LINK |
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Post by Admin on Nov 10, 2013 7:25:04 GMT -5
In events elsewhere:
In Scotland, First Minister Alex Salmond and Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael are laying wreaths at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh
In Wales, a national event is taking place at Cardiff's Welsh National War Memorial
Ireland's Taoiseach Enda Kenny laid a laurel wreath for the war dead at the memorial in Enniskillen, while in Belfast, Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson, Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers and Ireland's deputy leader, Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore, attended a ceremony
At Camp Bastion, in Helmand Province, a service was held to remember the 446 servicemen killed in the 11 years of conflict in Afghanistan. Wreaths were laid by the Duke of York and Defence Secretary Philip Hammond
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall marked the event during their official tour of India, joining the congregation of a Mumbai church for their annual remembrance service and meeting some of India's last surviving World War Two veterans
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