Veterans Day, Armistice Day, Remembrance Day (Video Tributes)

Britain Remembers The Servicemen Who Have Died In Conflicts Since The Start Of The First World War

Servicemen walk through each of the 888,245 blooms, which represents a British or Colonial military death during the First World War

The Last Of The Poppies Is Planted: Thousands Flock To Tower Of London To See Teenage Cadet Put The Final Ceramic Flower In Place As The Nation Falls Silent To Remember Britain's War Dead -- Daily Mail

* The final poppy - the 888,246th - was planted at the Tower of London by cadet Harry Hayes, 13, this morning
* He collected the flower from memorial artist Paul Cummins before marching through the crimson carpet of poppies
* Tens of thousands flocked to memorial this morning to pay their respects to the nation's war dead on Armistice Day
* There was a 21-gun salute by the Honourable Artillery Company on the Tower's wharf and the final roll of honour
* General the Lord Dannatt, Constable of the Tower of London, read the famous poem For The Fallen to the crowd
* Blood-Swept Lands And Seas of Red was created to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War
* Thousands more people gathered in Trafalgar Square, where the Royal British Legion held its Silence In The Square
* David Cameron paid his respects at Cenotaph in Whitehall in a service organised by the Western Front Association
* Elsewhere, a wreath was laid under the Arc de Triomphe, Pairs while the Last Post played in the Belgian town of Ypres

The final ceramic poppy has been planted at the Tower of London this morning, as the nation paid tribute to the millions of British servicemen who have died in conflict since the start of the First World War.

The 888,246th poppy - representing the life of the 888,246th soldier who died in the Great War - was planted by 13-year-old cadet Harry Hayes to mark the completion of Blood-Swept Lands And Seas of Red, the poignant memorial which has filled the Tower's moat and attracted some five million visitors to the Tower of London.

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WNU Editor: Other countries are also remembering the men and women who have served ....

Europe remembers Armistice Day with ceremonies -- Seattle Times
Britain and Germany join for Armistice Day commemoration -- Scoop.co.nz
Live: France marks Armistice Day on WWI centenary -- France 24
Fallen soldiers honoured in Australia on Remembrance Day -- 7 News
NZ marks Armistice Day in the Great War's centenary year -- TVNZ
Ottawa bracing for overflow Remembrance Day crowds -- Toronto Star
Obama Urges Americans to Honor Vets Through Care, Support -- US Department of Defense

Armistace Day News Roundup

The Viel Armand cemetery where 30,000 WWI victims are
buried in eastern France (Photo AFP)

World Remembers The Horror Of First World War On Armistice Day -- Times Online

90 years on from the Armistice, Europe looks back at four years of conflict which senselessly killed 20 million people

Ceremonies were held throughout Europe today to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War.

Britain held a two-minute silence at 11am to remember those who were killed - marking the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, when the Armistice Treaty was signed.

Of the five million men and women who served, four British veterans are still alive today.

Henry Allingham, 112, representing the RAF, Bill Stone, 108, representing the Navy, and Harry Patch, 110, representing the Army, all laid wreaths at the Cenotaph ceremony.

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More News On Armistice Day

World marks 90th anniversary of Great War -- Yahoo News/AFP
Europe marks 90th anniversary of WWI armistice -- AP
Europe commemorates 90th Armistice anniversary -- ABC News (Australia)
Armistice Day: Britain remembers its fallen soldiers -- The Telegraph
World recalls end of World War I -- BBC
World marks end of 'war to end all wars' -- CNN