Piper Louise Marshall plays the Scottish lament of Battle’s O’er as the sun rises over the Forth Bridge Jane Barlow/PAStarting before daybreak, commemorations for the centenary of the armistice began on a sombre note this morning as thousands of muffled church bells and lone pipers ushered in a unique day of remembrance around Britain. The nation fell silent at 11am to mark 100 years since hostilities came to a close in the First World War, with memorial services held on Whitehall in London and in villages, towns and cities across Britain, including at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, George Square in Glasgow, the National War Memorial in Cardiff, the Cenotaph in Belfast and the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. At 6am, just before sunrise, more than 1,000 bagpipe players played When the Battle’s O’er, the Scottish lament, at churches and monuments across the country,…

Source: The Times November 11, 2018 12:00 UTC