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Two minute silence observed across the Fens and East Cambridgeshire
STEVE BARCLAY MP: "On behalf of my constituents I attended the Speakers Constituency Garden of Remembrance, to ensure those men and women of North East Cambridgeshire who bravely sacrificed everything in service of our country were remembered in Parliament". - Credit: STEVE BARCLAY
It is the most poignant of events in the calendar – Armistice Day.
It was on this day, in November 1918, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month that agreement was reached to end the First World War.
March remembers - Credit: Dave Humphrey
March remembers - Credit: Dave Humphrey
March remembers - Credit: Dave Humphrey
March remembers - Credit: Dave Humphrey
March remembers - Credit: Dave Humphrey
It has become the first day when we remember not only those who died in that horrific conflict, but in others that followed.
March remembers - Credit: Dave Humphrey
March remembers - Credit: Dave Humphrey
March remembers - Credit: Dave Humphrey
March remembers - Credit: Dave Humphrey
March remembers - Credit: Dave Humphrey
Locally it was observed with traditional reverence at war memorials across Cambridgeshire.
Ely remembers - Credit: Mike Rouse
Ely remembers - Credit: Mike Rouse
Ely remembers - Credit: Mike Rouse
Ely remembers - Credit: Mike Rouse
Ely remembers - Credit: Mike Rouse
Ely remembers - Credit: Mike Rouse
Ely remembers - Credit: Mike Rouse
Others, such as our emergency services, took time out to pause and observe the silence.
STEVE BARCLAY MP: "On behalf of my constituents I attended the Speakers Constituency Garden of Remembrance, to ensure those men and women of North East Cambridgeshire who bravely sacrificed everything in service of our country were remembered in Parliament." - Credit: STEVE BARCLAY
Many office and shop workers, too, stood still to join the two-minute silence.
Wisbech remembers - Credit: Ian Carter
Wisbech remembers - Credit: Ian Carter
Wisbech remembers - Credit: Ian Carter
Wisbech remembers - Credit: Ian Carter
Wisbech remembers - Credit: Ian Carter
Here are photos from Whittlesey, Wisbech, March and Ely.
Whittlesey remembers - Credit: Michael Robinett
Whittlesey remembers - Credit: Michael Robinett
Whittlesey remembers - Credit: Michael Robinett
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Photos from Chatteris (where a special memorial was unveiled) follow.
