The Very Reverend Dr. Philip Plyming, Dean of Durham Cathedral, said the event also paid tribute to those “who are engaged in conflict across our continent and around the world today”.
He added that people had been bringing their prayers and hopes to the cathedral for more than 900 years and that it was “entirely appropriate” that people brought with them the memories of those who had died, as well as their prayers for peace.
At 11:00 GMT, a two-minute silence was held at cenotaphs across the country to commemorate 106 years since the end of the First World War, and to remember those who had fallen and suffered in conflict.
Crowds gathered in the city center of Carlisle, Cumbria, at the recently moved cenotaph to mark the commemorations.
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