The Cenotaph

LondonLife – London remembers…

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King Charles III having laid a wreath at the Cenotaph on Sunday during the National Service of Remembrance in Whitehall. PICTURE: Petty Officer Joel Rouse/UK MOD © Crown copyright 2023.
The Massed Bands of the Household Division march past the Cenotaph. More than 800 armed forces personnel took part in the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremonies in central London. PICTURE: AS1 Jake Hobbs RAF/UK MOD © Crown copyright 2023
Chelsea Pensioners march past the the Cenotaph. PICTURE: AS1 Jake Hobbs RAF/UK MOD © Crown copyright 2023.
Members of the Royal Family at the Cenotaph. PICTURE: SSgt Dek Traylor/UK MOD © Crown copyright 2023.
Political leaders including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Leader of the Opposition Sir Keir Starmer and former PM Boris Johnson at the Cenotaph. PICTURE: Petty Officer Joel Rouse/UK MOD © Crown copyright 2023

LondonLife – Remembrance Sunday marks 100 years since the guns fell silent…

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Thousands of people, including Queen Elizabeth II and members of the Royal Family, attended Whitehall on Sunday to take part in the National Service of Remembrance, this year marking 100 years since the end of World War I. The event included two minutes silence at 11am and wreaths were laid at the base of the Cenotaph to commemorate the servicemen and women killed in all conflicts from the World War I onwards. In an historic first, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier laid a wreath during the ceremony. Following the service, a procession involving 10,000 members of the public who were selected by a ballot marched past the monument and through London. ALL PICTURES: Crown Copyright/Ministry of Defence.