We will remember in Norfolk
We're being asked to honour the 11am silence from home.
Last updated 11th Nov 2020
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, commemorations for Armistice Day have been scaled right back in Norfolk.
Public services and parades have been cancelled this year to help prevent the spread of Covid-19.
However, we're still being asked to remember all those who've served our country, whether past or present, by placing a poppy in our window and by marking the 11o'clock silence on our doorstep.
Today (11 November), marks 102 years since the end of the First World War and the nation will fall silent at 11am, the moment the guns fell silent.
12,000 men from Norfolk died during the conflict, with at least 1-in-3 men in the county joining the forces according to the Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum.
Alexander Owen, Head of Armed Forces Engagement at The Royal British Legion, said:
"Normally we'd have hundreds of thousands of members of the armed forces veterans, serving people and their families at war memorials up and down the country.
"This year it's not going to look like that. We're asking people to remember from home by downloading and donating to get a digital poppy that they can print and put in their window to show that solidarity. But also, at 11'o'clock on Armistice Day, get out on your doorstop and observe a two minute silence.
He said it's important to remember everyone who's served:
"Whether it be in the Gulf, in the Falklands or my contemporary which is Afghanistan, we'll be thinking of them too. We're also thinking about those giving up things to protect us on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic as well.
"There are still sacrifices being made by our young soldiers, sailors and airmen today. Whether it is being away from their family to help build a Nightingale hospital, risking their own health to operate mobile testing centres, or just the hard work over a weekend delivering PPE to hospitals.
"They are there among us doing amazing things."