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In pictures: Armistice Day in the East of England

News imageMartin Giles/BBC A large red poppy is pinned to a tree in the foreground. In the background a small group of people gather around a tall war memorial in a town centre. It has lots of poppy wreaths at its base.Martin Giles/BBC
News imageKate Bradbrook/BBC People mostly wearing black standing outside the cream brick Raunds Town Council building. They are lined up in front of the building, which has a display of poppies pinned to a wall. A man holds a flag in front of them.Kate Bradbrook/BBC
Poppy wreaths were laid at Thetford War Memorial in Norfolk
Crowds gathered for the two-minute silence at Raunds Town Hall in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

Thousands have gathered across the East of England for Armistice Day memorial services.

The many locations where wreaths were laid included the cenotaph in Christchurch Park, Ipswich, the war memorial in Thetford, Norfolk, and the council offices in Raunds, Northamptonshire.

At Merville Barracks in Colchester, members of 16 Air Assault Brigade, the Army's global response force, gathered for a service in a memorial garden.

In hundreds of towns and villages, members of the public, veterans and military personnel joined to remember the fallen.

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