Islington's Mayor Cllr Anna Berent led a two minute silence today (11 November) outside Islington Town Hall on Upper Street, N1, as police temporarily shut the busy thoroughfare to traffic.
The short service at 11am featured the playing of 'The Last Post', a reading from Father Jim Kennedy and Standard Bearers from the Islington Veterans' Association.
The Mayor then laid a wreath at the Town Hall War Memorial plaque.
The event was the end of a week of Remembrance events in Islington which drew some of the largest crowds in recent times.
Up to 2,000 people including families, veterans, service personnel and reservists are estimated to have attended Islington's Remembrance Sunday Parade and Service on Sunday 8 November.
Mayor Anna Berent, led community and religious leaders from across Islington at an interfaith service on Islington Green, compered by Father Jim Kennedy.
The parade set off from Highbury Corner at 10am and featured Standard Bearers from Islington Veterans' Association, Boy Scouts, Cubs, Brownies and Guides as well as Sea Cadets.
Council Leader, Terry Stacy said:
"Remembrance matters more than ever and the sheer numbers attending this year's Islington events just shows how the sacrifices made yesterday and today by our service personnel overseas are resonating strongly with the British public.
"I was extremely proud to join Sunday's parade and service and today's two minute silence for Armistice Day."
The first Remembrance event of the week was a wreath-laying ceremony at the civilian and military war memorials in East Finchley Cemetery on 5 November attended by councillors of all parties and the Mayor.
Remembrance Sunday events took place at Islington Green at 10.40am, the war memorial on Spa Green, EC1 at 11.40am and at 2pm at the WWI memorial arch at Manor Gardens, N7 (the site of the former Royal Northern Hospital).
More information about Remembrance Sunday and national commemorative activities is available from the Royal British Legion website: www.britishlegion.org.uk
Among those attending Islington's events were the Honourable Artillery Company (granted Freedom of the Borough last month) and Borough Lieutenant Colonel Brian Kay.
In addition to those who died in the armed forces, it is estimated that more than 1,000 Islington civilians were killed during the Blitz bombing campaign between September 1940 and May 1941 which left 43,000 civilians dead across the city.
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Page Last Updated: 11 November 2009