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divdiv class=story-body readability=41 span class=story-date#13; span class=date10 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time23:24 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1The anniversary of the World War One armistice 95 years ago is to be marked in the UK with a two minute silence./p#13; pCeremonies will take place at military bases, churches, schools, town halls and at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire at 11:00 GMT. /p#13; pAnd armed Force's charity the Royal British Legion is holding its annual 11 November event in Trafalgar Square./p#13; pMeanwhile, the Duke of Edinburgh will visit Belgium, where some of the war's most deadly battles were fought./p#13; pArmistice Day, which honours personnel who have died since WW1, this year comes a day after Remembrance Sunday./p#13; pOn Sunday, two-minute silences took place at war memorials across the UK and Commonwealth, in tribute to fallen members of the armed forces. /p#13; pIn London, the Queen and other members of the Royal Family laid the first wreaths at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, before a march-past by 10,000 military veterans and civilian representatives./p#13; pstrongEmotional reunion/strong/p#13; pOn Armistice Day, the country will again be asked to pause in memory of those who have served and died for Britain./p#13; pThe silence takes place at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month - the time the guns fell silent along the Western front in 1918, and an armistice was declared. /p#13; pIt started to be observed in November 1919 following a suggestion by an Australian journalist. The proposal was supported by a former High Commissioner to South Africa and endorsed by the Cabinet and King George V just a few days before the first anniversary of the armistice. /p#13; pThe Royal British Legion says traffic around Trafalgar Square will be paused at 11:00 GMT during its sixth Silence in the Square ceremony./p#13; pThis event ends with members of the public placing poppy petals into the square's fountains. /p#13; pPrince Philip's visit to Belgium is his first outside the UK since undergoing abdominal surgery in June./p#13; pThe 92-year-old will visit Ypres and lay a poppy wreath to commemorate members of the armed forces who died fighting in all conflicts since WW1./p#13; pThe Poppy Girls, five schoolgirls aged between 10 and 17 whose fathers are all servicemen, will perform their song The Call (No Need To Say Goodbye) during the Trafalgar Square event./p#13; #13; pTheir song was released on Saturday as part of this year's poppy appeal by the Royal British Legion./p#13; pThe Poppy Girls performed their single on Saturday in front of the Queen at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall./p#13; pThere was an emotional surprise reunion for Megan Adams, 10, from Stirling, one of the members of the group. She had not been expecting to see her father, Lt Cdr Billy Adams, for another three months but they were reunited on stage amid applause from the audience./p#13; pThe actor Adrian Lester and Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts will also be making an appearance at the Silence in the Square event./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center