Scotland has fallen silent to honour those who lost their lives in conflict.
A two-minute silence took place across the country at 11am on Armistice Day with people gathering at cenotaphs for the first-time in two years after Covid-19 restrictions disrupted 2020's Remembrance Day.
A single gun fired at 11am from Edinburgh Castle, and Veterans attended a wreath-laying ceremony in Princes Street Gardens.
The two-minute silence was also marked at the Scottish Parliament and by Cop26 President Alok Sharma at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow.
Gordon Michie, the head of fundraising and learning at Poppyscotland, served as a Senior Aircraftsman in the Royal Air Force in the Gulf War and attended today's service in Edinburgh.
Joined by @gmpolice colleagues and 100’s more at the #Edinburgh Garden of Remembrance #WeWillRememberThem #lestweforget2021 #RemembranceDay2021 pic.twitter.com/kY6uI7oVNg
— Dave (@DaveLBywater) November 11, 2021
Gordon, 51, said: "Armistice Day is probably the most important day in the nation's calendar.
"We are remembering the ultimate sacrifice that young men and women gave over the last 100 years.
"We remember their sacrifice but we also remember those who came back, many of them wounded, many of them sick.
"It's important that, as a nation, we come together.
Today the Lord Provost marked Armistice Day.
— Dundee City Council (@DundeeCouncil) November 11, 2021
Today we remember those who have served and made the ultimate sacrifice. #armisticeday #LestWeForget pic.twitter.com/I0YnHTGh7o
"It's a day that unites all faiths, all ethnicities to get together and remember.
"War is tragedy, ultimately, but it's important we take this period of time to remember.
"But for many, remembrance is every day.
"If a parent has lost their son or daughter, they think about them every day.
"As a nation, the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, gives us a focal point to come together as one and as a community."
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