COMMEMORATIONS will be held across Glasgow today to mark the armistice.

A two-minute silence will be observed in George Square to mark the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month when the hostilities of 1914-18 ended.

Glasgow’s Lord Provost Sadie Docherty will be joined by representatives from the Royal British Legion Scotland, which organises the event.

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The customary silence will also be observed at Glasgow’s Central Station.

Armistice Day has been marked on November 11 every year since 1919 – a year after the Allied forces signed an agreement with the Germans that ended the First World War.

After the the Second World War, commemorations were adapted to honour the fallen of both conflicts, and Remembrance Sunday was established to replace Armistice Day.

On Remembrance Sunday, 100-year-old Tommy Taylor, of Possilpark, a sapper with the Royal Engineers, laid a wreath at Glasgow’s Cenotaph to commemorate members of the Armed Forces who died in conflicts since the First World War.

The legion has always supported the traditional Remembrance Sunday services and the customary two-minute silence on that day.

This year it will host its Silence in the Square event in Trafalgar Square, London, to remember all those lost in conflict and will broadcast a live webcast.

At the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, Armistice Day will be marked with a service.