Flypast marks 90 years since WWI

A flypast by three tornadoes marked the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.

Prince and Princess Michael of Kent also attended the Armistice Day service in Alrewas.

Events began with the Band of HM Royal Marines playing tunes from the era before a service was held and two minutes' silence observed at 1100 GMT.

The event was one of many taking place around the country.

Shaft of sunlight

The memorial is designed so that at 1100 GMT on 11 November, a shaft of sunlight passes through it to illuminate a wreath on the central plinth.

The flypast also marked the 90th anniversary of the Royal Air Force.

The service was led by former Bishop to the Armed Forces, the Right Reverend John Kirkham.

Proceedings were relayed on screen to members of the public in the Arboretum's Leonard Cheshire Ampitheatre.

The stone-circle memorial at the Arboretum bears the names of 16,000 service personnel who have died since World War II.

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