Participants in a service for Armistice Day 2020 at the Cenotaph in London 111120 CREDIT MOD
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In Pictures: Armistice Day 2020

Participants in a service for Armistice Day 2020 at the Cenotaph in London 111120 CREDIT MOD

Armistice Day has been commemorated in a way never seen before, as the nation carried out some of its Remembrance traditions under COVID-19 restrictions. 

Measures meant much of the British public had to observe the two-minute silence at 11:00 on Wednesday from their homes this year, although some scaled back socially-distanced ceremonies were held across the UK.

Despite the circumstances, the country was able to pay its respects to the fallen - 102 years after the signing of the Armistice that brought an end to the First World War.

Here's a look at some of the commemorations held:

A bugler performs the Last Post and Reveille at the Cenotaph in London on Armistice Day 2020 (Picture: MOD).
A bugler performs the Last Post and Reveille at the Cenotaph in London (Picture: MOD).
Personnel at HMS Collingwood pay their respects on Armistice Day 2020 (Picture: Royal Navy).
Personnel at HMS Collingwood pay their respects (Picture: Royal Navy).
A flag bearer at Westminster Abbey in London with Boris Johnson in background, during a service to mark Armistice Day and the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior (Picture: PA).
A flag bearer at Westminster Abbey in London with Boris Johnson in the background, during a service to mark Armistice Day and the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior (Picture: PA).
An Armistice Day service is held on Drake's Island, Plymouth Sound.
An Armistice Day service is held on Drake's Island, Plymouth Sound.
Remembering the war dead at Edinburgh Gardens of Remembrance on Armistice Day 2020.
Remembering the war dead at Edinburgh's Garden of Remembrance.
Remembrance display in the Atlantic Building at HMS Collingwood (Picture: Royal Navy).
Remembrance display in the Atlantic Building at HMS Collingwood (Picture: Royal Navy).
Members of the Band of the Scots Guards perform at the NMA on Remembrance Day Armistice Day.
Members of the Band of the Scots Guards perform at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
A wreath laid on Drake's Island, Plymouth Sound, for Armistice Day 2020.
A wreath laid on Drake's Island, Plymouth Sound.
An Armistice Day 2020 service is held at the Welsh National War Memorial in Cardiff.
An Armistice Day 2020 service is held at the Welsh National War Memorial in Cardiff.
Personnel helping with the mass covid testing on Merseyside stand during a two minute silence at the Arena Convention Centre in Liverpool to remember the war dead (Picture: PA).
Personnel helping with the mass covid testing on Merseyside stand during a two-minute silence at the Arena Convention Centre in Liverpool to remember the war dead (Picture: PA).
Lights illuminate the sky at Brookwood Military Cemetery on Armistice Day as part of a digital initiative from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (Picture: CWGC).
Lights illuminate the sky at Brookwood Military Cemetery on Armistice Day as part of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's digital #ShineOn initiative (Picture: CWGC).
Wreaths laid at Belfast Cenotaph.
Wreaths laid at Belfast Cenotaph.
Buglers at an Armistice Day 2020 service on Drake's Island, Plymouth Sound.
Buglers at an Armistice Day 2020 service on Drake's Island, Plymouth Sound.
Commemorations at the Cenotaph (Picture: PA).
Commemorations at the Cenotaph in London (Picture: PA).
Earl and Countess of Wessex at National Memorial Arboretum for Armistice Day commemorations.
The Earl and Countess of Wessex at the National Memorial Arboretum for Armistice Day commemorations 2020.
A bugler plays during the Armistice Day 2020 service at Belfast Cenotaph.
A bugler plays during the Armistice Day 2020 service at Belfast Cenotaph.
Lights display for Armistice Day at Edinburgh Rosebank Cemetery as part of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's digital #ShineOn initiative (Picture: CWGC).
Lights display for Armistice Day at Edinburgh Rosebank Cemetery as part of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's digital #ShineOn initiative (Picture: CWGC).
Bugle played on Armistice Day 2020 at the Cenotaph in London which was recovered from the Somme in 1915 (Picture: MOD).
Bugle played on Armistice Day 2020 at the Cenotaph in London which was recovered from the Somme in 1915 (Picture: MOD).
A bugler performs the Last Post and Reveille at the Cenotaph in London on Armistice Day 2020 (Picture: MOD).
Personnel at HMS Collingwood pay their respects on Armistice Day 2020 (Picture: Royal Navy).
A flag bearer at Westminster Abbey in London with Boris Johnson in background, during a service to mark Armistice Day and the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior (Picture: PA).
An Armistice Day service is held on Drake's Island, Plymouth Sound.
Remembering the war dead at Edinburgh Gardens of Remembrance on Armistice Day 2020.
Remembrance display in the Atlantic Building at HMS Collingwood (Picture: Royal Navy).
Members of the Band of the Scots Guards perform at the NMA on Remembrance Day Armistice Day.
A wreath laid on Drake's Island, Plymouth Sound, for Armistice Day 2020.
An Armistice Day 2020 service is held at the Welsh National War Memorial in Cardiff.
Personnel helping with the mass covid testing on Merseyside stand during a two minute silence at the Arena Convention Centre in Liverpool to remember the war dead (Picture: PA).
Lights illuminate the sky at Brookwood Military Cemetery on Armistice Day as part of a digital initiative from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (Picture: CWGC).
Wreaths laid at Belfast Cenotaph.
Buglers at an Armistice Day 2020 service on Drake's Island, Plymouth Sound.
Commemorations at the Cenotaph (Picture: PA).
Earl and Countess of Wessex at National Memorial Arboretum for Armistice Day commemorations.
A bugler plays during the Armistice Day 2020 service at Belfast Cenotaph.
Lights display for Armistice Day at Edinburgh Rosebank Cemetery as part of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's digital #ShineOn initiative (Picture: CWGC).
Bugle played on Armistice Day 2020 at the Cenotaph in London which was recovered from the Somme in 1915 (Picture: MOD).

Cover image: Military personnel at the Cenotaph, central London (Picture: MOD).

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