Tag: Armistice Day

• Saturday, November 12th 2016 - 12:46 UTC

  Triple Eleven 1918 Armistice Day commemorated across UK the world

  

  In 1918 at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month the First World War Armistice was signed in a railway carriage stationed in the Forest of Compiègne in Northern France by military personnel representing France, Germany and Britain. Today, 98 years later, that moment was commemorated across the United Kingdom and by the Forces around the world.

• Friday, November 13th 2015 - 01:44 UTC

  Armistice Day marked by UK services worldwide

  

  United Kingdom servicemen and women around the world have joined the nation in marking two minutes’ silence at 11:00 on Armistice Day, November 11. Armistice Day marks the moment - at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month when the First World War Armistice was signed more than 90 years ago in a railway carriage stationed in the Forest of Compiègne in Northern France.