Liverpool falls silent to mark Armistice Day with poignant tributes

Liam Thorp

11 November 2024 at 8:12 am·1-min read

A silence is observed during the Remembrance Service at Exchange Flags on Armistice Day in Liverpool — -Credit: (Image: Liverpool Echo)

Liverpool fell silent this morning to mark Armistice Day in tribute to all those who have given their lives in service to their country since the beginning of the First World War.

Today's event in the city centre followed on from yesterday's Remembrance Sunday commemorations, which saw hundreds gather on Lime Street and around St George's Hall to listen to a performance by The Band of the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, followed by readings and a poignant two-minute silence.

On Armistice Day today (Monday), which marks the signing of the First World War-ending Armistice on November 11, 1918, service men and women were joined by local dignitaries, faith leaders and members of the public to observe a two minutes' silence. Liverpool Lord Mayor Cllr Richard Kemp was one of several to lay a wreath at the war memorial to mark the poignant occasion.

Sunday's Remembrance event saw military service personnel march along Lime Street and St John’s Lane to St George’s Hall. At 11am, gun fire marked the start of a two-minute silence, with a second firing to signal its conclusion. Following the silence, key civic military, and religious leaders, along with cadets, took part in the traditional wreath-laying ceremony, before a parade marched from St George’s Plateau to salute the Cenotaph.

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