The Towns will fall silent at 11am today to honour all of those who have given their lives for their country.

The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month marks the end of hostilities in the First World War in 1918.

People will pause for two minutes of silence to remember the fallen.

A number of services were held across Medway yesterday on what was a clear, but bitingly cold Remembrance Sunday.

A poignant silence fell on the Chatham Naval Memorial at the Great Lines shortly after 9am as the annual service there got underway.

Mayor Cllr Josie Iles and Medway Council chief executive Neil Davies laid a wreath during the short ceremony.

Services also took place at Rochester Cathedral; St Mark’s Church, Gillingham; St Margaret’s Church, Rainham and Victoria Gardens, Chatham.

Two minutes of silence were observed at Chatham’s Historic Dockyard, with a piper playing before and after the silence.

The tower clock marked the beginning of the period of reflection and the bell on HMS Cavalier marked its end.

See Friday’s Medway Messenger for a full round-up of Remembrance parades and services across the towns.